| + |
first US edition |
| ?? |
unknown item type |
| A4 |
paper size, 297mm x 210mm |
| A5 |
paper size, 210mm x 148mm |
| ad |
adaptation |
| AHMM |
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine |
| ai |
author's introduction to story |
| an |
anthology |
| Apr |
April |
| ar |
article |
| Aug |
August |
| Aut |
Autumn |
| aw |
afterword |
| bedsheet |
8½" x 11¼" |
| bg |
biography |
| bi |
bibliographic material |
| br |
book review |
| bx |
boxed set of books |
| CBS |
Columbia Broadcasting System |
| cl |
column |
| cn |
contest |
| co |
collection of stories by one author |
| cr |
criticism |
| cs |
comic strip |
| ct |
cartoon |
| Dec |
December |
| digest |
5" x 7½", square bound magazine |
| e/s |
edge-stapled |
| ed |
editorial |
| EQMM |
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| ex |
extract |
| F&SF |
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| fa |
facetious article |
| Feb |
February |
| Fll |
Fall/Autumn |
| fp |
frontispiece |
| fw |
foreword |
| ga |
graphic anthology |
| gc |
graphic collection |
| gm |
gamebook |
| gn |
graphic novel |
| gp |
group of related stories |
| gr |
game review |
| gs |
graphic story |
| hc |
hardcover |
| hu |
humor |
| ia |
illustrated article |
| IASFM |
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
| ibc |
inside back cover |
| If |
IF / Worlds of If Science Fiction |
| ifc |
inside front cover |
| il |
illustration |
| in |
introduction |
| ins |
insert |
| is |
introduction to story |
| ISBN |
international standard book number |
| iv |
interview |
| ix |
index |
| Jan |
January |
| Jul |
July |
| Jun |
June |
| large |
8½" x 11" |
| LCC# |
Library of Congress Catalog Number |
| lk |
linking material |
| lt |
letter |
| Mar |
March |
| May |
May |
| mg |
magazine |
| MHCMM |
Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine |
| mr |
movie review |
| ms |
miscellaneous |
| mv |
movie |
| MZBFM |
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine |
| n. |
novel (over 100 pages, over 40,000 words) |
| na |
novella (46-100 pages, 17,500-39,999 words) |
| nf |
non-fiction |
| Nov |
November |
| nv |
novelette (21-45 pages, 7,500-17,499 words) |
| nw |
newspaper |
| oa |
original anthology |
| oc |
original collection |
| Oct |
October |
| octavo |
5½" x 8½" saddle-stapled |
| om |
omnibus edition |
| pb |
paperback |
| ph |
pamphlet/chapbook |
| pi |
pictorial |
| pl |
play |
| pm |
poem |
| pp |
prose poem |
| pr |
preface |
| pt |
photography |
| pulp |
6½" x 9", pulp paper, square bound magazine |
| pz |
puzzle |
| qp |
quality paperback |
| quarto |
8½" x 11" saddle-stapled |
| qz |
quiz |
| rd |
radio review |
| rr |
round-robin |
| s/b |
square-bound |
| s/s |
saddle-stapled |
| sa |
story adaptation of a play/screenplay |
| Saint |
The Saint Detective Magazine / The Saint Mystery Magazine |
| Sep |
September |
| sf |
special feature |
| sg |
song |
| si |
section introduction |
| sl |
serial segment |
| sp |
speech |
| Spr |
Spring |
| sr |
story review |
| ss |
short story (4-20 pages, 1,000-7,499 words) |
| standard |
6½" x 9", slick paper, square bound magazine |
| Sum |
Summer |
| sy |
symposium |
| tb |
tabloid |
| tc |
title change |
| te |
true experience |
| th |
theater review |
| tp |
trade paperback |
| tr |
translation |
| ts |
true story |
| U.K. |
United Kingdom |
| U.S. |
United States |
| uw |
unfinished work |
| v |
volume |
| vi |
vignette (under 4 pages, under 1,000 words) |
| Win |
Winter |