RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Printing and Publishing Terms

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Editions, issues and states (Gathering term; do not assign)

. Cancellation

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Cancel gatherings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for gatherings with altered text meant to replace text
.. already printed, added to items after printing

.. Cancel leaves

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for leaves with altered text meant to replace text
.. already printed, added to items after printing

.. Cancel slips

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Cancellation marks

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

... Cancellation slits

...     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.. Cancelled gatherings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for gatherings meant to be removed but still present

.. Cancelled leaves

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for leaves meant to be removed but still present

.. Manuscript corrections

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for manuscript corrections believed to have been made
.. in the printing or publishing house

.. Stamped corrections

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Concealed editions

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     HN: Approved term 6/2007; UF "hidden editions" added 1/08

.     SN: Use for closely similar editions, printed from
. substantially different settings of type, not distinguished
. as such by the printer and/or publisher.

. Errata lists

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Integral errata lists

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Separate errata lists

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

... Errata slips

...     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

...     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Insertions

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Inserted text leaves

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for leaves of text inserted within or between
.. uncancelled gatherings

.. Printed guard sheets

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.. Separate errata lists

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

... Errata slips

...     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

...     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Issues

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     CM: Determination of "issue" is considerable more complicated
. than is the determination of "state" and these terms must
. be applied with care. Though exact definitions vary, one
. can say that "issue" refers to a consciously planned
. publishing unit whereas "state" is a term which applies to
. differences (often resulting from an error or attempt to
. correct the error) among printed sheets of a single
. impression or issue. Chapters 2 and 11 of
. Bowers' "Principles of Bibliographic Description" offer what is probably the most thorough treatment of the two concepts. McKerrow discusses them in less depth in chapter 3, part 2, of his "An Introduction to Bibliography". G. Thomas Tanselle provides particularly useful, concise definitions at the end of his article, "The Bibliographical Concepts of 'Issue' and 'State'", in "Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America" 69 (1975):17-66.

.. Binding issues

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Part-issued books in volume form

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for complete volumes of works, originally issued in
.. parts, published just prior to the distribution of the
.. final part and generally distinguished by the absence of
.. stab holes.

.. Re-issues

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

... Standing type

...     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Simultaneous issues

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for evidence of a book being published in two or more
.. issues simultaneously

. Limitation statements

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Multiple publishers

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for evidence of a book having been published by more
. than one publisher, such as title-pages with no difference
. in setting other than the publisher statement

. Piracies

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Privately published books

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for books published for private distribution only

. States

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     CM: Determination of "issue" is considerable more complicated
. than is the determination of "state" and these terms must
. be applied with care. Though exact definitions vary, one
. can say that "issue" refers to a consciously planned
. publishing unit whereas "state" is a term which applies to
. differences (often resulting from an error or attempt to
. correct the error) among printed sheets of a single
. impression or issue. Chapters 2 and 11 of
. Bowers' "Principles of Bibliographic Description" offer what is probably the most thorough treatment of the two concepts. McKerrow discusses them in less depth in chapter 3, part 2, of his "An Introduction to Bibliography". G. Thomas Tanselle provides particularly useful, concise definitions at the end of his article, "The Bibliographical Concepts of 'Issue' and 'State'", in "Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America" 69 (1975):17-66.

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