Abbrevations

used in the Catalog of Copyright Entries

The following list includes abbreviations used in the Catalog of Copyright Entries with specific copyright or bibliographic meanings. Definitions are not given for abbreviations in common use.

(A)

-- author

a.a.d.o.

-- accepted alternative designation of

a.k.a.

-- also known as

acc.

-- accompaniment

Adm.c.t.a.

-- Administrator(s) cum testamento annexo

Adm.d.b.n.c.t.a.

-- Administrator(s) de bonis non cum testamento annexo

appl.

-- application

approx.

-- approximate, approximately

arr.

-- arranged, arrangement, arranged by

au.

-- author(s)

Aufl.

-- Auflage

augm.

-- augmented

Ausg.

-- Ausgabe

b&w

-- black and white

Bd.

-- Band (German)

bearb.

-- bearbeitet

(C)

-- child or children of the deceased author

©

-- copyright symbol; copyright claimed by

ca.

-- circa

col.

-- colored

comp.

-- compiler, compiled by

d.b.a.

-- doing business as

(E)

-- executor(s) of the author

ed.

-- edited by, editor, edition

enl.

-- enlarged

fr.

-- frames

ft.

-- feet

hrsg.

-- herausgegeben

illus.

-- illustration(s)

in.

-- inches

ips.

-- inches per second

m

-- music, music by

min.

-- minutes

mm.

-- millimetres

(NK)

-- next of kin of the deceased author who is not living (sometimes indicating there is no will)

NM

-- new matter

no.

-- number(s)

nouv.

-- nouveau, bouvelle

op.

-- opus

p.

-- page, pages

℗

-- copyright symbol for sound recordings

(P)

-- proprietor of a commercial print or label

(PCB)

-- proprietor of copyright in a work copyrighted by a corporate body otherwise than as assignee or licensee of the individual author

(PCW)

-- proprietor of copyright in a composite work

(PPW)

-- proprietor of copyright in a posthumous work

(PWH)

-- proprietor of copyright in a work made for hire

prev.

-- previous, previously

print.

-- printing

priv. print.

-- privately printed

pseud.

-- pseudonym

pt.

-- part, parts

pty.

-- proprietary

pub.

-- published, publishing

R, (R)

-- renewal registration

reg.

-- registered, registration

rev.

-- revised by, reviser, revision

r.p.m.

-- revolutions per minute

s.

-- side(s)

sd.

-- sound

sec.

-- seconds

ser.

-- series

si.

-- silent

suppl.

-- supplement

t.

-- tome, tomo

T.

-- Teil, Theil

t.a.

-- trading as

ti.

-- title(s)

t.p.

-- title page

tr.

-- translator, translated by

v., vol.

-- volume, volumes

w

-- words, words by

(W)

-- widow of the author

(Wr)

-- widower of the author