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* = first edition

+ = first US edition

_ = reprint/reissue

 

Abbreviations

ad adaptation

ai author's introduction to story

an anthology

ar article

aw afterword

bg biography

bi bibliographic material

br book review

cl column

co collection of stories by one author

cr criticism

cs comic strip

ct cartoon

dg digest size magazine

ed editorial

ex extract

fa facetious article

fw foreword

gp group of related stories

hc hardcover

hu humor

ibc inside back cover

ifc inside front cover

il illustration

in introduction

is introduction to story

ISBN international standard book number

iv interview

ix index

large 8½" x 11"

lt letter

mg magazine

ms miscellaneous

n novel (over 100 pages, over 40,000 words)

na novella (46-100 pages, 17,500-39,999 words)

nf non-fiction

nv novelette (21-45 pages, 7,500-17,499 words)

oa original anthology

oc original collection

octavo 5½" x 8½" saddle-stapled

om omnibus edition

pb paperback

ph pamphlet/chapbook

pm poem

pp prose poem

pr preface

quarto 8½" x 11" saddle-stapled

rr round-robin

si section introduction

sr story review

ss short story (4-20 pages, 1,000-7,499 words)

tp trade paperback

tr translation

v volume

vi vignette (under 4 pages, under 1,000 words)

 

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