RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Printing and Publishing Terms

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Special shapes, sizes and kinds of books (Gathering term; do not assign)

. Block books

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Engraved books

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     HN: Approved 6/2008

.     SN: Use for books in which the text has been printed entirely
. or chiefly from intaglio plates. Do not use for books
. consisting entirely or chiefly of maps, music, or
. illustrative material.

. Miniature books

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for volumes 10cm or less in height

.. Thumb Bibles

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     HN:

..     SN: Use for miniature volumes containing summaries or
.. abridgments of biblical texts in verse or prose; typically
.. illustrated and produced chiefly for use by children.

. Paperbacks

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     HN: Approved 6/2007.

.     SN: Use for inexpensively produced publications, bound in stiff
. paper or flexible card, and issued beginning in the 1930s
. for the mass market.

.. Paperback originals

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     HN: Approved 6/2008

..     SN: Use for books that appear originally as paperbacks rather
.. than being printed from hardcover editions.

. Private press books

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Shaped books

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for books of other than a conventional rectangular
. shape, e.g., circular, triangular, irregularly polygonal
. books

. Special materials printings

.     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for printings or issues of a work that are made,
. generally in relatively small numbers of copies, on
. distinctive materials

.. Cloth printings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Colored paper printings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Fine paper printings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for items identified as produced on fine paper, often
.. in limited editions

.. Handmade paper printings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Large paper printings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Vellum printings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.. Wood printings

..     SC: rbpri Printing Terms

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for items printed on wood

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