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| Publisher | Methods to ID first printings, editions | ||
| '76 Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| 0 Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| 101 Productions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| 3300 Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| A & W Publishers | no later printings mentioned; 1982 up number row | ||
| A Cappella Books | number row | ||
| A. & R.A. Reid | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| A. A. Kelley | date on title page with no later printings mentioned | ||
| A. A. Wyn | no later printings mentioned | ||
| A. B. Sarva Seva Sangh | first edition (month,year) | ||
| A. C. Armstrong & Son | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| A. C. McClurg | published (month,year) | ||
| A. H. & A. W. Reed | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| A. Hurst & Co. | first published (year) | ||
| A. J. Drexel Biddle | published (month,year); very early titles no later printings mentioned | ||
| A. J. Holman (Lippincott) | first edition | ||
| A. Kroch & Son | no later printings mentioned | ||
| A. M. Robertson | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| A. Mukherjee & Co. Ltd | first published (month,year) | ||
| A. P. Worthington | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| A. R. Mowbray | no later printings mentioned or first printing (year) or first impression (year) | ||
| A. S. Barnes | same date on verso with no later printingsor FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (year) | ||
| A. T. DelaMare | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| A. T. Ramsay & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| A. W. Mumford | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| A. Wessels | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aaardvark BooksD | number row | ||
| Aandrews & McMeel | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Abacus (U. K.) | to late 1988 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first published (year) with number row | ||
| Abaris | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Abbeville Press | first edition | ||
| ABC-Clio | first printing (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Abelard-Schuman | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Abingdon-Cokesbury Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Abingdon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Academic Press (U. K.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Academic Press (U. S.) | number row | ||
| Academy Chicago, Publishers | published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Academy Editions | first published (year) | ||
| Academy of American Poets | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ace (paperbacks) | no later printings mentioned (used inconsistently) | ||
| Ace Science Fiction (hardback) | first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Acquarian Press | published (year) | ||
| Acropolis Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| ACS Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| ACS Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Actex Publications | number row | ||
| Actinic Press | first published (year) | ||
| Adam & Charles Black | first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned; revised, condensed or expanded editions usually noted | ||
| Adam Hilger | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Adam Margrave Books | number row | ||
| Adama Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Adams Publishing | Letter line | ||
| Addison-Wesley | Letter line or first published (year) | ||
| Addison House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Adelphi Co | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Adirondack Mountain Club | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Adlard-Coles | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Adler & Adler, Publishers | first edition | ||
| Adventure Trails Publications | all limited editions | ||
| Aeolian Press | first edition | ||
| Aero Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Africana | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Agape Publishers | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Agathon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Agora Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ahab Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| AHM Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ahsahta Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aiden Ellis | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ailsa Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assoc | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aladdin Books | first edition | ||
| Alan R. Liss | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alan R. Liss | no later printings mentioned ; | ||
| Alan Sutton | first published (year) | ||
| Alan Swallow | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alan Wolfsy Fine Arts | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alaska Northwest | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alba House | number row | ||
| Albert & Charles Boni | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Albert Saifer | first edition | ||
| Albert Whitman | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Alberts-Sittard | first edition | ||
| Albyn Press | first published (year) | ||
| Alden Press | first published (year) | ||
| Aldine-Atherton | first published (year) | ||
| Aldine Publishing Co. | first edition (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Aldus Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alexander Maclehose & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alexander Ouseley | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alexandra House | first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alfred A. Knopf | to 1933 same date on verso with no later printings or no later printings mentioned; 1934 up first edition with no later printings mentioned; some 1970s titles, particularly children's, have number row on copyright page or last printed page | ||
| Alfred Publishing | number row | ||
| Alfred van der Marck Editions | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Algonquin Books | first edition or no later printings mentioned; 1989 up first published (year) with number row | ||
| Alice Harriman Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Alicejames Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| All Saints Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Allan Figgis & Co. Ltd | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Allan Wingate | first printing (month,year) or first published (year) | ||
| Allanheld, Osmun | published (year) with number row | ||
| Alleluia Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Allen-Bennett | first printing | ||
| Allen & Unwin Australia | first published (year) | ||
| Allen A. Knoll | first edition | ||
| Allen, Towne & Heath | first printing | ||
| Alliance Book Corporation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alliance Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Allied Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Allison & Busby | first printing | ||
| Allison V. Stewart | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Allyn and Bacon | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Almark | first published (year) | ||
| Aloes Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Alpha Books | number row | ||
| Alpine | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Alpine Fine Arts | published (year) | ||
| Alskog | first printing | ||
| Alternate Publishing | first edition (year) | ||
| Alvin Redman Ltd. | published (year) | ||
| Alyson Publications | first printing or first edition (month,year) or first edition first printing (month,year) or first printing (month,year) | ||
| Amacom | number row | ||
| Amadeus Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| America Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Artists Group | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Assn. for State & Local History Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Bankers Association | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Bar Foundation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Bureau of Economic Research | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists | number row | ||
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | number row | ||
| American Geographical Society | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Greetings | first printing (month,year) | ||
| American Guild Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Heritage | No designation | ||
| American History Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Institute of Physics | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Institute of Social Science | first edition | ||
| American Lawn Tennis, Inc | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Library Association | to march, 1988 no later printings mentioned; thereafter, only second editions denoted | ||
| American Philosophical Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Photographic Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Poetry & Literature Press | first printing | ||
| American Poetry Magazine | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Psychiatric Press | first edition with number row | ||
| American Publishing | same date on verso with no later printingsor, occasionally, title page date one year later than copyright page date | ||
| American Subscription Publ. House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Technical Society | first edition with first printing (year) | ||
| American Tract Society | no date | ||
| American Unitarian Association | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| American Weave Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American West | no later printings mentioned | ||
| American Wildlife Institute | first edition | ||
| Americana Review | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Amerpub | first printing | ||
| Amherst College | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Amity House, inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ampersand Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Amphoto | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Amsco Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Amwell Press | first printing | ||
| Anansi | number row | ||
| Anatol Sivas | first edition | ||
| Anchor | first edition or Anchor Books Edition (date) | ||
| Anderson House | first printing (year) or first printing (month,year) with first edition | ||
| Andre Deutsch | first published (year) | ||
| Andrelina Press | first printing | ||
| Andrew Dakers | first published (year) | ||
| Andrew Jackson Press | published (month,year) | ||
| Andrew Melrose (U. K.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Andrews McMeel Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Angus & Robertson | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Anhinga Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Anna Publishing Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Anson D. F. Randolph & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Anson Jones Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Antaeus | first edition | ||
| Antelope Island Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Anthoensen Press | all limited editions | ||
| Anthony Blond | first published (year) | ||
| Anthony Gibbs & Phillips | first published (year) | ||
| Anthroposophic Press | No designation | ||
| Anthroposophical Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Antique Collectors' Club | first published (year) | ||
| Antonson | first printing (year) | ||
| Anvil Press Poetry | no later printings mentioned | ||
| AP A Productions | first edition | ||
| Apellicon Press | colophon | ||
| Aperture | first edition or first printing or number row | ||
| Apollo (Thomas Y. Crowell) | number row | ||
| Apollo Press (Ireland) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Appalachian Consortium | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Appalachian Mountain Club | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Applause Theatre Book Publishers | First Applause Printing (year) (1) appears on last page of next; first edition rarely used but always with (1) on last page | ||
| Apple-wood Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Appleton-Century-Crofts | (1) appears on last page of text; first edition rarely used and always with (1) on last page. some titles from the 1950s do not have (1), so no later printings mentioned is the rule. | ||
| Appleton & Lange | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Appletree Press | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Aquarian Press | (month,year) or first edition on title page | ||
| Aquila Publishing | first edition | ||
| Arawak Press | first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Arbor House | to 1971 first edition; 1972 to circa 1980 no later printings mentioned; circa 1980 up number row | ||
| Arcade Publishing | first edition | ||
| Arcadia | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Arch Cape Press | first published (year) | ||
| Architectural Book Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Architectural Press | first published (year) | ||
| Archon Books | first published (year) | ||
| Archway Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Arco | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Arcturus (Southern Illinois U. Press) | Arcturus Books Edition (month,year) | ||
| Ardis | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Arena (Arrow) | first published (year) | ||
| Arena Publishing | sd with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Argos | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Argus Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Argus Bookshop | 1926 up no later printings mentioned | ||
| Argus Communications | number row | ||
| Ariadne Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Arion Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ark | first published (year) | ||
| Arkana | first published (year) | ||
| Arkham House | through 1979 colophon; thereafter first edition | ||
| Arlen House/The Women's Press | published (year) | ||
| Arlington Books (London) | first published (year) | ||
| Arlington House | through 1979 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Arms & Armour Press | first published (year) | ||
| Arno Press | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Arrowhead Books | each title has a point of issue; bibliography required | ||
| Arrowood Press | published (year) | ||
| Ars Hungarica | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Art & Educational Publishers | first published (month,year) or first published (year) | ||
| Art alliance Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Art Direction Book Company | no later printings mentioned or first printing (month,year) | ||
| Art Enterprises (Intimate) | first published (year) | ||
| Art Trade Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| ArtBook Museum | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Arte Publico Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Arthur barker | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Arthur Fields | number row or first edition with number row | ||
| Arthur H. Clark | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Arthur H. Stockwell | first published (year) | ||
| Artichoke Press | colophon | ||
| Artisan | first printing (year) with number row | ||
| Artists & Alchemists | through 1976 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first printing | ||
| Arts & Architecture Press | published (year) | ||
| Artus Publishing | first editionpublished (year) with Letter line | ||
| Asher-Gallant | number row | ||
| Ashford Press Publishing | published (year) | ||
| Ashley Books | first edition with first printing (month,year) | ||
| Ashmolean Museum | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Asia Publishing Company | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Asia Publishing House | (month,year) | ||
| Asia Resource Center | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aspen Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aspen Systems Corp. | number row | ||
| Associated Authors | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Associated Book Publishers (U. K.) | first published (year) | ||
| Associated College Presses | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Associated University Presses | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Association for Research & Enlightenment | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Association Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Astor-Honor | first printing | ||
| Athene Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Atheneum | through 1986 first edition or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; thereafter number row | ||
| Athletic Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Athlone (University of London) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Atkins & Dubrow | published (month,year) | ||
| Atlantic Books (U. K.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Atlantic Monthly Press | to 1924 no later printings mentioned; 1925 up pu (month,year); was the form during the late 20s and through the 30s; later on first edition was added above pu (month,year) but the pu (month,year) often remained on reprints and the first edition was remove | ||
| Auckland U. Press | first published (year) | ||
| Auerbach Publishers | first printing | ||
| Augsburg Publishing | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| August House | first edition (year) with number row | ||
| Augustana Book Concern | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aura Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aurelon Book Guild | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aurora Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Aurum Press Ltd. | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Austin-Phelps | first printing | ||
| Authors' Publishing Association | published (year) | ||
| Authors & Newspapers Association | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Available Press (Ballantine) | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Avalon Books | all are firsts; no reprints | ||
| Avalon Press Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Avant-Garde Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Avant Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ave Maria Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Avenel Books | Letter line | ||
| Avery | number row | ||
| Avi Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Avon (hardbounds) | through june, 1981 no later printings mentioned; 1981-1995 number row; 1996 up first printing (month,year) or first edition with number row | ||
| Award Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Award House | first printing (year) | ||
| Azul Editions | first edition with number row | ||
| B. Arthur Pearson | first published or no later printings mentioned | ||
| B. B. Russell, Publisher | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| B. C. Dresser & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| B. C. Forbes Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| B. Herder Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| B. T. Batsford | to 1959 no later printings mentioned; 1960 up first published (year) or first printing (year) | ||
| B. W. Dodge | same date on verso with no later printingsor published (month,year) | ||
| B. W. Huebsch | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Back Bay Books | number row | ||
| Back Stage (Watson-Guptill) | first printing (year)with number row | ||
| Backcountry Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Background Books | first printing (year) | ||
| Baen Publishing | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Bailey Brothers & Swinfen | published (year) | ||
| Baker's Plays (Walter Baker) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Baker & Taylor | published (year) or published (month,year) | ||
| Baker Book House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bald Eagle Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ball Publishing | sd with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ballantine (hardbounds) | until 1979 no later printings mentioned;1981 up first edition or first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Ballantine (paperbacks) | first printing (month,year) or first edition (month,year) with number row or no later printings mentioned for 'Ballantine Originals' | ||
| Ballinger | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bank of New South Wales | published (month,year) | ||
| Banks & son | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Banned Books | first edition | ||
| Banner Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| BanniSDale Press | first published (year) | ||
| Bantam (hardbacks) | number row | ||
| Bantam (paperbacks) | Bantam Edition published (month,year) | ||
| Banyan Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bar-H Books (Carlton House) | first printing | ||
| Barbour & co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Barlenmir | first edition | ||
| Barn Owl Books | first published (year) | ||
| Barnard & Westwood | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Barnes & Noble (imported titles) | first published in U.S. (year) | ||
| Barnes & Noble (original titles) | number row or first printing (month,year) | ||
| Barracuda Books | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Barre Publishing | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Barrie & Jenkins | first printing (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Barrie & Rockliffe | first published (year) | ||
| Barron's | number row | ||
| Barrows Mussey | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Barse & Hopkins | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bartholomew Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bartholomew house | first printing (year) | ||
| Bartlett Publishing Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Basic Books | first edition or no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Basil Blackwell | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Basil Blackwell & Mott | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Basilisk Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Batchworth Press | published (year) | ||
| Bates & Guild | first edition | ||
| Battery Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bay View Reading Club | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bayberry Press | first edition | ||
| Baylor U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bazin & Ellsworth | no later printings mentioned | ||
| BBC Books | first published (year) | ||
| BBC Enterprises | first published (year) | ||
| Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Beacon Night Lights | through 1950s no later printings mentioned; 1960-79 first published (year); thereafter number row | ||
| Beacon Press | through 1950s no later printings mentioned; 1960-79 first published (year) thereafter number row | ||
| Bear Flag Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Beatty Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Beaufort Books | first edition with number row or number row | ||
| Bedford Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bedminster Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Beech Tree (Morrow) | first edition with number row | ||
| Beechhurst Press (alliance) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Beechurst Press/ Bernard Ackerman | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Beehive Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Beekman House | Letter line | ||
| Beekman Publishers | all are firsts | ||
| Behrman House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Being Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Belknap & Hamersley | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Belknap Press (Harvard University) | same date on verso with no later printingsor number row | ||
| Bell Publishing | Letter line | ||
| Bellerophon Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bellevue | colophon | ||
| Bellevue Press | through 1978 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition | ||
| Bellweather Co. | number row | ||
| Ben Abramson I Argus Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Benjamin Blom | first printing on title page | ||
| Bennett Publishing | number row | ||
| Benziger Bros. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Berg Publishers | first published (year) | ||
| Berger Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bergh Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bergin & Garvey | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Beric Press | no later printings mentioned Berkeley Medallion Berkeley Medallion Edition (month,year) | ||
| Berkley | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Berkley windhover | Berkley Windover Edition (month,year) | ||
| Berkshire Press | first printing (year) with number row | ||
| Bermuda Book Stores | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bern Porter Books | first edition | ||
| Bernard Ackerman | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bernard Geis | first printing or first published | ||
| Bernards (Publishers) | first published (year) | ||
| Bertram Rota | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bess Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Best Books Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Best Cellar Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bethany Fellowship | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bethany Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Better Homes & Gardens Books | first edition first printing | ||
| Betterway Books | number row | ||
| Beyond Words Publishing | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Bhaktivedanta Book Trust | first printing | ||
| Bharathan Publications | published (year) | ||
| Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Bibliophile Books | first published (year) | ||
| Big Sky | first edition | ||
| Big Table | first printing | ||
| Binfords & Mort | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Birch Lane Press | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Birch Tree Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Bird Brothers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bird Observer of Eastern Massachusetts | first printing (year) | ||
| Bisodol Company | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bison Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bits Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bivouac Books | first published (year) | ||
| Black Belt Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Black Cat Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Black Dragon | first edition . | ||
| Black River Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Black Sparrow | colophon | ||
| Black Sun Press | colophon | ||
| Black Swan Books | first edition | ||
| Blackberry | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blackhawk Press | sd with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blackie & Son | first published (year) or same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blackmore & Langdon | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blackstaff Press | to 1984 only second edition denoted; thereafter no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blackwell Scientific | no later printings mentioned | ||
| BlaiSDell | first edition (year) | ||
| Blakiston Co. | always reprints of other publishers' originals; no consistent designation of printings | ||
| Blanchard & Lea | No designation | ||
| Blandford Press | first published (month,year) | ||
| Blanford Press | first published (year) | ||
| Bloch Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blond & Briggs | first published (year) | ||
| Bloodaxe Books | first published (year) | ||
| Bloomsbury | first published (year) | ||
| Blue Crane Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blue Edge Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blue Heron Press | first printing (year) | ||
| Blue Jay Books | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Blue Mountain Arts | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blue Ribbon | reprint edition with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blue Spruce Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Blue wind Press | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Boa Books | first edition or first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Bob Adams | Letter line | ||
| Bobbs-Merrill | early titles show a month only on verso; in the 1920s, many titles show first edition; in the 1930s to about 1935 a bow-and-arrow symbol appears on verso to indicate some firsts, but not consistently; 1936 up first edition or first printing; some 1960s a | ||
| Bodine & Associates | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Bodley Head | first published (year) or first edition published (month,year) | ||
| Body Press | number row | ||
| Bolchazy-Carducci | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bolivarian Society of Venezuela | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bombay University Press | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Bonanza | always reprints of other Publishers' originals; using Letter Line for designation | ||
| Bond Wheelwright | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bond, Parkhurst | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Boni & Gaer | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Boni & Liveright | no later printings mentioned or rarely first edition | ||
| Bonus Books | Letter line | ||
| Book Bin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Book Centre Private Ltd. | first published (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Book Find Club | no later printings mentioned, always are reprints | ||
| Book Guild Ltd | first published (year) | ||
| Book Supply Co. | published (year) or pu (month,year) | ||
| Bookcraft | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bookfellows | first edition | ||
| Bookmailer | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bookman Associates | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Books in Focus | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bookstore Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bookthrift | number row | ||
| Borden Publishing | first published (year) | ||
| Borderlands Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Boreas Publishing | stempost present at end of sail in Viking ship trade mark | ||
| Boston Book & Art Shop | first published (year) | ||
| Boston Publishing Co. | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bounty Books (Crown) | Letter line | ||
| Bowen-Merrill | same date on verso with no later printingsor, occasionally, title page date one year later than copyright page date | ||
| Bowes & Bowes | first published (year) | ||
| Box Turtle Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Boxtree Ltd | first published (year) | ||
| Boxwood Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Boydell & Brewer | first published (year) | ||
| Boydell Press | first published (year) | ||
| Bradbury Press | number row or first printing | ||
| Bradlee Whidden | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Bradley & Woodruff | No designation | ||
| Bradt Publications | first edition | ||
| Bramhall House | no later printings mentioned; all are reprints of other's originals | ||
| Bramley Books | published (year) | ||
| Branach Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Brandeis U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Branden Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Brandu's | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Brandywyne Books | first edition | ||
| Brassey's | first edition (year) | ||
| Bread & Butter Press | first edition | ||
| Breakthru Publishing | number row | ||
| Breakwater Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Breeder's Gazette | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Breitenbush Books | number row | ||
| Brentano's (U. K.) | through 1927 no later printings mentioned; 1928 up first printing (year) | ||
| Brentano's (U. S.) | through 1927 no later printings mentioned; 1928 up first edition or first printing (year) | ||
| Brewer & Warren | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Brewer, Warren & Putnam | no later printings mentioned; also, circa 1930 first published (year) | ||
| Brewster Bay Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bridge | first edition | ||
| Bridge Street Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bridgeway Press | first printing | ||
| Bridgman | first edition | ||
| Brigham Young U. Press | no later printings mentioned or copyright page date matches first two digits of a number series on title page or copyright page; example date 1977 with 77 2M 23456 | ||
| Brightwaters Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Brilliance Books | published (year) | ||
| Brimar Publishing | number row | ||
| Brimax | published (year) | ||
| Britannica Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| British Academy | no later printings mentioned | ||
| British American Publishing | number row | ||
| British Book Centre | first published (month,year) or first published (year) | ||
| British Dental Journal | no later printings mentioned | ||
| British Heritage Press | Letter line | ||
| British Library | first published (year) | ||
| British Medical Association | no later printings mentioned | ||
| British Medical Journal | no later printings mentioned | ||
| British Museum (Naural History) | first published (year) | ||
| British museum Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| British Yearbooks | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Britton | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Broadman Press | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Broadside Press | first edition first printing | ||
| Broadway Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Brockhampton | first published (year) | ||
| Broken Moon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bronx County Historical Society | first edition in foreword of preface; no later printings mentioned on title page | ||
| Brooke House | number row | ||
| Brookings Institution | to circa 1970 no later printings mentioned; 1970 up number row | ||
| Brookline Books | number row | ||
| Brotherhood of Life | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Brown & Bigelow | first edition . | ||
| Brown U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Brown, Son & Ferguson | first edition or no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| Bruce Humphries | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bruce Publishing (Milwaukee) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bruce Publishing (St. Paul) | 1928 up first printing on last page | ||
| Brunner/Mazel | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bruno Cassirer | published (year) or first edition (year) | ||
| Brunswick Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Brussel & Brussel | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Buckles & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Bucknell U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Bugg Books | first printing or number row | ||
| Bulfin | first edition | ||
| Bulfinch Press | first edition or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION | ||
| Bull's-Eye Books | first edition | ||
| Burdge & Co. | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Burgess Publishing | number row | ||
| Burke Publishing | first published (year) | ||
| Burn & Maceachern | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Burnett Books | first published (year) | ||
| Burning Deck Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Burns & Oates | first published (year) | ||
| Burns, Oates & Washbourne | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Business Marketing Association | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Business One Irwin | Letter line | ||
| Butterworth & Co. | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Butterworth Architecture | first published (year) | ||
| Butterworth Scientific | first published (year) | ||
| Butterworths (Australia) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Buzz Books | first edition (month,year) | ||
| C. & J. Temple | first published (year) | ||
| C. C. Birchard & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| C. Cobden-Sanderson | first published (year) | ||
| C. Goodliffe Neale | no later printings mentioned | ||
| C. H. Doscher | no later printings mentioned | ||
| C. J. Cousland & Sons | published (month,year) | ||
| C. M. Clark | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| C. S. Francis & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned or single date on title page | ||
| C. V. Mosby | no later printings mentioned | ||
| C. W. Daniel Co. | first published (year) | ||
| C.Struik | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Caddylak Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cadillac Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cadmus Editions | first edition | ||
| Caedmon | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Calder & Boyars | first published (year) | ||
| Calhoun Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| California Insitute of Public Affairs | no later printings mentioned | ||
| California Lure Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| California State Colleges | no later printings mentioned | ||
| California State University Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Callaghan & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Camano Press | number row | ||
| Cambridge U. Press | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Camden House | first edition | ||
| Camelot | through june, 1981 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Camera Craft | first edition (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cameron & Co. | first edition | ||
| Cameron Associates | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Campion Books | first edition (year) | ||
| Canadian University Presses | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Candlelight Press | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Candor Press | colophon | ||
| Canongate | first published or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Capitol Hill Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Capitol Publishing Co. | No designation | ||
| Capra Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Capricorn Press | colophon | ||
| Caratzas Brothers | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carcanet New Press | first published (year) | ||
| Carcanet Press | first published (year) | ||
| Cardavon Press | colophon at end | ||
| Cardinal (U. K.) | to late 1988 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first published (year) with number row | ||
| Cardoza | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Career Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carillon Books I Catholic Digest | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carl Fischer | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carlton & Porter | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carlton House | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carlyle Communications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carnegie-Mellon University Press | first published (year) | ||
| Carnegie Endowment | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carol Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carol Southern Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Carolina Academic Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Caroline House | number row | ||
| Carolingian Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Carolrhoda Books | to 1975 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Carriage House Press | colophon | ||
| Carrick & Evans | Letter 'a' on verso | ||
| Carroll & Graf | first edition (year) | ||
| Cassandra Press | first printing (year) | ||
| Cassell & Co. | through mid 1950s no later printings mentioned; thereafter first published (year) | ||
| Cassell Australia | first published (year) | ||
| Castalia Press | colophon | ||
| Castle Books | published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Catholic Book Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Catholic Foreign Mission Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Catholic Poetry Society of America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Catholic University of America Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cato Institute | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Causeway Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Causeway Press (U. K.) | first impression | ||
| Cavalier Press | first published (year) | ||
| Caxton Printers | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Caywood Publishing | first edition | ||
| CBI Publishing | number row | ||
| Cecil Palmer | first edition (year) | ||
| Celestial Arts | through 1965 no later printings mentioned; 1966 up first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Celo Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Centaur Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Center for International Security | number row | ||
| Center for Southern Folklore | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Central Conference of American Rabbis | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Central News Agency Ltd | first published (year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Central South Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Century-Benham (U. K.) | first published (year) | ||
| Century Co. | same date on verso with no later printingsor first printing or no later printings mentioned or PRINTED (month,year) or published (month,year) | ||
| Century Hutchinson (U. K.) | first published (year) | ||
| Century Press (Hamburg) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Century Publishing Co. Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Ceolfrith Press | first edition | ||
| Cerberus Book Co. | first edition | ||
| Challenge Press | first edition | ||
| Chandler | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chandler & Sharp | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Channel Press | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chanticleer Press | published (month,year) or first edition or first published (year) | ||
| Chapel Hill | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chapman & Grimes | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chapman & Hall | to circa 1935 no later printings mentioned; circa 1936 first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chapple Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Charles-Wells-Moulton | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Charles Behlen | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Charles C. Thomas | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Charles E. Merrill | number row | ||
| Charles E. Tuttle | first printing (year) or first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Charles H. Belding | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Charles H. Kerr & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Charles Kelly | first edition | ||
| Charles Knight | to 1968 no later printings mentioned or first published (year); thereafter first published (year) | ||
| Charles L. Webster | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Charles Letts Books Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Charles Letts Books Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Charles River Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Charles Scribner's Sons (U. K.) | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned or 1947 up first published (year) | ||
| Charles T. Branford | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Charles T. Powner Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Charter Books | Charter Edition (month,year) | ||
| Chartwell Books | first printing (year) | ||
| Chatauqua Press | published (month,year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chaterhouse | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chaterson, Ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chatham Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition first printing or first printing | ||
| Chatto & windus | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chelsea Green Publishing | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Chelsea House closed 1945 | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chelsea House Publishing | number row | ||
| Chelsea Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chemical Foundation | published (year) | ||
| Chemical Publishing | same date on verso with no later printingswith map | ||
| Cherokee Publishing | first edition with number row | ||
| Chester R. Heck | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chicago Review Press | first edition | ||
| Children's Book Trust | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Childrens Press | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chilmark Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chilton | first edition or first printing with number row | ||
| China Books & Periodicals | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| China Booksellers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Chosen Books | number row | ||
| Chris van Rensburg | first edition (year) | ||
| Christian Culture Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Christian Herald Books | first edition or same date on verso with no further printings | ||
| Christian Literature Crusade | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Christian Press Association | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Christian Science Publishing Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Christopher's Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Christopher Davies | first published (year) | ||
| Christopher Helm | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Christopher Johnson | first published (year) | ||
| Christopher Publishing House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Christophers (U. K.) | first published (year) | ||
| Chronicle Books | through 1985 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Chung Wu | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Church Historical Society | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Churchill Company | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Churchill Livingstone | no later printings mentioned | ||
| CineBooks | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cistercian Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Citadel (paperback) | First paperbound edition (month,year) | ||
| Citadel Press | no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first edition or first printing | ||
| Citation Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Citizen Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| City Lights Books | early titles are usually no later printings mentioned, but a bibliography may be required; later titles first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Clarion Books | number row | ||
| Clarion Press | first edition or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION | ||
| Clark & Fritts | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Clark U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Clarke & Cockeran | first published (year) | ||
| Clarke, Irwin & Co. | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Clarkson N. Potter | first edition or first edition (year) or first printing or first edition with number row | ||
| Classic Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Classical Literary Bureau Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Claude Kendall | first edition or first printing | ||
| Claude Kendall & Willoughby Sharp | first edition or first printing | ||
| Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Clay Publishing | no later printings mentioned or published (month,year) | ||
| Clearwater Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cleaver-Hume Press | first published (year) | ||
| Cleis Press | first edition first printing or first edition | ||
| Cleveland State U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cliff Street Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Clifford-Nicol, inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Clifford & Lawton | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Clifton Books | first published (year) | ||
| Climax Molybdenum | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Clio Books | first printing | ||
| Clive Bingley | first published | ||
| Clock House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cloud, Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Clymer Motors | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Coach House Press (U. K.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Coach House Press (U. S.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cobbett Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cobblesmith | printings within an edition not indicated | ||
| Coffee House Press | printings within an edition not indicated | ||
| Cokesbury | 'c' at bottom of verso or first edition (not consistent) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Colby College | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Colgate U. Press | first published (year) | ||
| Colin Smythe | first published (year) | ||
| Collamore Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| College & University Press Services | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Collegiate Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Collier (paperbacks) | first edition (year) | ||
| Collier Macmillan | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Collins & Harvill Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Collins & Ward | first published (year) | ||
| Colonial Williamsburg | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Colorado Associated University Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Colour Library Books | first published (year) | ||
| Colt Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Columbia University Press | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Colwell Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Commemorative Editions | first published (year) | ||
| Commonwealth Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Communications Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Compass Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Compcare | number row | ||
| Compo Press | first edition | ||
| Comstock Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Conari Press | number row | ||
| Concordia Publishing House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Congdon & Lattes | first edition | ||
| Congdon & Weed | first edition | ||
| Constable & Co. | same date on verso with no later printingsor no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Contact Editions | same date on verso with no later printingsor first printing (year) | ||
| Contemporary Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Content Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Continental Publishing | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Continuum | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Control Data | first edition first printing | ||
| Cooper Square | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Copeland & Day | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Copper Beech Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Copper Canyon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Coram | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Corgi (Transworld) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cork U. Press | first published (year) | ||
| Cornelia & Michael Bessie Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Cornell Maritime Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Cornell U. Press | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cornwall Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Corpus Books | first printing (year) | ||
| Cortlandt Publishing Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cory, Adams & Mackay | first published (year) | ||
| Cosmo Public Relations | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cosmopolitan Book Corp. | same date on verso with no later printingsor first edition | ||
| Cosmopolitan Books (Hearst) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Council for British Archeology | published (year) | ||
| Council Oak Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Council of the King's School | first published (year) | ||
| Council on Foreign Relations | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Counterpoint | first printing with number row | ||
| Country Life Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Country Life Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Country Squire | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Countryman Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Countryside Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Countrywoman's Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Courage Books | first published | ||
| Courier of Maine | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Covenant Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Covici-McGee | first printing | ||
| Covici, Friede | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Coward-McCann | 1928-35 colophon withtorch on verso, but not consistently used, so, generally no later printings mentioned; 1936 up no later printings mentioned or, on books published 1st outside U.S., FIRST AMERICAN EDITION | ||
| Coward, McCann & Geoghegan | first edition or no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) | ||
| Cowles Book Co. | first edition | ||
| Cowperthwait & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Craftsman Book Co. | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Crain Books | number row | ||
| Crane, Russak &. Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Creative Age Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Creative Publishing | first edition first printing | ||
| Creative Therapeutics | first printing (year) | ||
| Crescendo | first edition | ||
| Crescent Books | Letter line | ||
| Cresset Press | first published (year) | ||
| Crest | First Crest Printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned on last page in the form '69-4-2'='April 1969 2nd printing' etc. | ||
| Cresta Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Crestwood House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Crime Club | first edition | ||
| Crisp Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Criterion Books | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Critics Group Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Croom Helm | first published (year) | ||
| Cropley Phillips Co. | no later printings mentioned . | ||
| Crosby, Lockwood, Staples | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Crosby, Nichols, Lee &. Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Cross Publications | first edition | ||
| Crossing Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Crossroad | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Crossroad / Continuum | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Crossroads Communications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Crossway Books (Good News) | first printing (year) | ||
| Crowell-Collier Press | first printing | ||
| Crown Publishers | to circa 1980 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition with number row | ||
| Crucible Books | first published (year) | ||
| Crystal Press, ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Cupples & Leon | No designation; some sense of whether a book is a reprint or not can sometimes be deduced from dust jacket or interior series title lists, but this is not always reliable | ||
| Cupples &. Hurd | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| CuPress | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Curbstone Press | first edition or first edition (year) | ||
| Currency Press | first published (year) | ||
| Current Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Curt Valentin | no later printings mentioned with colophon at end | ||
| Curtain Promotions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Curtin & London | number row | ||
| Curtis Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Curts & Jennings | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Cygnet Books | first published (year) | ||
| Cythera | no later printings mentioned | ||
| D. Appleton | to 1901 same date on verso with no later printings; 1902 up | ||
| D. Appleton-Century | Number 1 appears on last page of text; first edition rarely used but always with (1) on last page. | ||
| D. C. Heath & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| D. L. Guernsey | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| D. S. Brewer | first published (year) | ||
| D. S. Colyer Publisher | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Da Capo Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| DA W Books | first printing with number row | ||
| Dacre Press | first edition (year) | ||
| Dae Won Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dalkey Archive | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Daniel McLeod | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Daring Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dark Harvest | first edition | ||
| Dark Woods Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Darshana International | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dartmouth College Publications | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dartnell Corp. | no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) on title page | ||
| Darton, Longman & Todd | first published (year) | ||
| Daryl C. Doran | first edition | ||
| Daughters of St. Paul | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Daughters Publishing | first printing (year) | ||
| Daughters, Inc. | first edition | ||
| Davar | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Dave Haselwood | no later printings mentioned | ||
| David & Charles | no later printings mentioned | ||
| David Bruce & Watson | published (year) | ||
| David C. Cook | no later printings mentioned | ||
| David Godine | first printing (year) or first edition | ||
| David Lewis | first printing | ||
| David Lewis | first printing | ||
| David McKay | through 1940s No designation, but generally 50s. 70s no later printings mentioned; 1980s N | ||
| David White | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Davidson Press | first edition | ||
| Davis-Poynter | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Davis & Bond | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Davis Publications | number row | ||
| Dawn Horse Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dawne-Leigh | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Dawson's Bookshop | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dean & Son | no later printings mentioned | ||
| December Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Declan X. McMullen | no later printings mentioned on dust jacket or verso | ||
| Delacorte Press | when part of Dial Press no later printings mentioned thereafter first printing or number row or (month,year) with number row | ||
| deLaurence | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Delilah Communications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dell | First Dell Printing (month,year); early Dell paperbacks No designation | ||
| Delphian Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Delta | First Delta Printing (month,year) | ||
| Dembar Educational Research Service | first edition | ||
| Dembner Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Denlinger's | no later printings mentioned with single copyright page date | ||
| Dennis Archer | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dennis Dobson | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dental Digest | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Dentan-Berkeland | no later printings mentioned | ||
| DerbiBooks | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Derby & Jackson | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Derek Verschoyle | first published (year) | ||
| Derrydale Press | all books are limited and have a descriptive colophon at the beginning or end of the text | ||
| Desclee Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Deseret Book Co. | through 1980 same date on verso with no later printings; thereafter first printing (month,year) | ||
| Desmond Harmsworth | first published (year) | ||
| Destiny Books | to circa 1975 first edition or no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Detroit Free Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Detselig Enterprises | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Deus Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Devin-Adair | no later printings mentioned | ||
| DeVorss & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Dharma Publishing | to 1970 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Diadem | Letter line | ||
| Dial Press | no later printings mentioned to circa 1966; 1967 up first printing (year) or first printing | ||
| Diana Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dick & Fitzgerald | No designation | ||
| Dickenson | number row | ||
| Didier, Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Diego Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Dietz Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dillon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dimension Books | first edition (year) | ||
| Diplomatic Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dirigo Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Diversity Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dixie Press | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dodd, Mead | to 12/8/76 no later printings mentioned or same date on verso with no later printings; thereafter number row | ||
| Dodge Publishing | first edition or first edition first printing (month,year) | ||
| Dog Ear Books | first edition on dust jacket flap or on verso or number row | ||
| Dolmen Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Dolphin Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dolphin Books (Doubleday & Co.) | Dolphin Books Edition (year) | ||
| Donahoe Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Donald I. Fine | number row | ||
| Donald M. Grant | usually limited editions with colophon | ||
| Donning | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Dorling Kindersley | no later printings mentioned or first published with number row | ||
| Dorrance | first edition or no later printings mentioned or first printing | ||
| Dorset Natural History & Archeological Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dorset Press (Marboro) | number row | ||
| Dorsey Press | no later printings mentioned or first printing (month,year) or number row | ||
| Doubleday (Australia) | first published (year) | ||
| Doubleday (U. S.) | first edition or (month,year)first edition or first edition with number row | ||
| Doubleday, Doran | first edition | ||
| Doubleday, McClure | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Doubleday, Page | until 1922 same date on verso with no later printings; 1922 up first edition | ||
| Douglas-West | first printing or first edition | ||
| Douglas & McIntyre | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dover | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Dow Jones-Irwin | number row | ||
| Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross | number row | ||
| Down East Books | number row | ||
| Down East Magazine Books | first edition or number row | ||
| Downe | first edition | ||
| Dragon's Teeth Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Dragon's World | first published | ||
| Drake Publishers | published (year) or published (year) | ||
| Drama Book Shop | first printing | ||
| Dramatists Play Service | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Dreenan Press | number row | ||
| Drum Books (Richardson & Steirman) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dryad Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dryden Press | first published (month,year) | ||
| Duck Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Duell, Sloan & Pearce | first edition or first printing or Roman numeral 'I' on verso | ||
| Duffield | same date on verso with no later printingsor first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Duffield & Green | same date on verso with no later printingsor first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dufour Editions | first published (year) | ||
| Duke U. Press | through 1950s No designation; thereafter no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dun-Donnelly Publishing | first edition (year) | ||
| Dunster House | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Duquesne U. Press | through 1977 first printing or no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition | ||
| Durrell Publications | first edition | ||
| Durrie & Peck | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| DustBooks | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Dustin, Gilman & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Dutch Island Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Duxbury Press | number row | ||
| E. & F. N. Spon | first published (year) | ||
| E. A. Seeman | no later printings mentioned | ||
| E. M. Hale | no later printings mentioned | ||
| E. P. Dutton | to 1928 same date on verso with no later printings; 1929 up same date on verso with no later printingswithfirst edition or first edition or first published (year); 1993 up first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| E.J. Hale | same date on verso with no later printingsor first edition on title page | ||
| Eakin Press | first edition | ||
| Eakins Press Foundation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| East-West Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| East Woods Press | first printing | ||
| Easton Press | No designation | ||
| Easton Valley Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Eastview Editions | first published | ||
| Eaton & Mains | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ecco Press | to spring 1977 first published (year); thereafter first edition | ||
| Echo Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Eclectic Press | published (year) | ||
| Econ Verlag | first published (year) | ||
| EdanBooks | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Eden Press | first edition | ||
| Editions Poetry London | first published (year) | ||
| Editors & Engineers | first edition first printing (month,year) | ||
| Edmund Ward | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Edward Arnold (publishers) | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Edward Elgar | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Edward Goldston Ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Edward Hulton | first printing | ||
| Edward J. Clode | No designation | ||
| Edward Mellen Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Edwards Brothers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Edwin Valentine Mitchell | no later printings mentioned with same date on verso with no later printingsor first edition | ||
| Egmont H. Peterson | published (year) | ||
| Egoist Press | first published (year) | ||
| Eighth Mountain Press | first edition with number row | ||
| Eland Books | First Issued in this Edition (year) | ||
| Eldon Press | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Eleanor Friede | first printing | ||
| Elek Books Ltd | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Element Books | first published (year) | ||
| Elisabeth Sifton Books | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Elizabeth Press | colophon | ||
| Elizabeth Towne | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Elk Grove Books | number row | ||
| Elkin Mathews & Marrot | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Elliot Holt | first edition | ||
| Elliot Stock | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Elliott B. Page & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ellis Press | first edition | ||
| Elm Tree Books | first published (year) | ||
| Elpenor Books | first printing (year) with Colophon | ||
| Elsevier-Dutton | first edition | ||
| Elsevier Science Publishing | through 1984 no later printings mentioned thereafter number row | ||
| ElsevierlNelson | first edition | ||
| Embers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Emerson Books | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| Emperor's Press | Original Edition published (year) | ||
| Empire Books | first edition | ||
| Empire State Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Empty Bowl | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Eneas Mackay | first published (year) | ||
| Energize | no later printings mentioned | ||
| English Universities Press | first published (year) | ||
| Enigma Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Enitharmon Press | first published (year) | ||
| Enrich Books | first printing or number row | ||
| Enslow | number row | ||
| Entrada Books | through July, 1972 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition | ||
| Entwhistle Books | first printing (month,year) | ||
| EP Publishing | first edition (year) | ||
| Epworth Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Equanimity Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Equinox Cooperative Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Equity Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Eric Partridge (Scholartis Press) | no later printings mentioned S. W. Partridge & Co. no later printings mentioned | ||
| Eridanos Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Eriksson- Taplinger | first published (year) | ||
| Ernest Benn | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Espqure Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Esquire, Inc. | first edition | ||
| Essential Books | first published (year) | ||
| Essex Institute | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Estes & Lauriat | No designation | ||
| Eugenics Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Europa Publications | first edition (year) | ||
| Evans Brothers | first published (year) | ||
| Evansville College | first printing (year) | ||
| Eveleigh Nash & Grayson | first published (year) | ||
| Everest House | no later printings mentioned or, from circa 1978 up first edition | ||
| Evergreen Books (Grove Press) | early titles no later printings mentioned; from app l960 first printing or First Evergreen Edition (year) first printing (year) or N | ||
| Everton Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ex Libris Sun Valley | first edition | ||
| Excalibur Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Exeter Books | first published or first edition (year) | ||
| Exposition Press | first edition | ||
| Eyre & Spottiswoode | first published (year) | ||
| Eyre Methuen | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| F. A. Brown | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| F. A. Davis Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| F. E. Compton & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| F. E. Peacock | no later printings mentioned | ||
| F. Heath Coggins & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| F. M. Buckwheat Street Publishers | first edition on dust jacket flap | ||
| F. S. Crofts &. C. | first printing (month,year) with no asterisks beneath | ||
| F. Tennyson Neely | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| F.W. Cheshire | first published (year) | ||
| Faber & Faber | first published (year) or first published (month,year) or first printing | ||
| Faber & Gwyer | first published (year) | ||
| Fabian Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Facts on File | number row | ||
| Fairchild | first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fairfax Press | Letter line | ||
| Fairfield County Publications | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Fairleigh Dickinson U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fairplay Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fairview Press | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Falcon Educational Books | first published (year) | ||
| Falcon Press | first published (year) | ||
| Falmouth Publishing House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fantasy Press | first edition | ||
| Fantographics Books | first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Farnam Horse Library | first edition | ||
| Farrar & Rinehart | Farrar & Rinehart colophon on verso or, rarely first edition | ||
| Farrar, Straus & Company | ends 1964 first printing (year) or FS colophon on verso | ||
| Farrar, Straus, [&] Giroux | begins 1965 first printing (year) or first published (year) or first published (month,year) or first edition or first edition (year) | ||
| Farrar, Straus, Cudahy | first printing (year) | ||
| Farrar, Straus, Young | FSY colophon on verso or first published (year) | ||
| Fasub & Plenum | first published (year) | ||
| Father & Son | first edition with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Favil Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fawcett-Crest | First Fawcett Crest Printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned on last page in the form '69-4-Z' = 'April 1969 2nd printing' etc. | ||
| Fawcett (hardbacks) | first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Fawcett Gold Medal Books | first printing or no later printings mentioned or no later printings mentioned on last page in the form '69-4-2' = 'April 1969 2nd printing' etc. | ||
| Feminist Press | through 1983 first edition or first edition first printing; thereafter number row | ||
| Fenland Press | first published (year) | ||
| Feral House Books | first edition (season, y) | ||
| Festival | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fiction Collective | first edition first printing (year) or first edition | ||
| Fiddlehead Poetry Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fides I Claretian | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Fides Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fielding Travel Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Fields, Osgood | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Figures | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Filter Press | first printing (month,year) with1st digit of code number matching last digit of year of publication | ||
| Findhorn Press | first edition | ||
| Fine Arts Museums (San Francisco) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fine Editions Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Firebrand Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Firefly Books | first published (year) | ||
| Fireside (Simon & Schuster) | number row | ||
| Fireside Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fisher Books | number row | ||
| Fitzhenry & Whiteside | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Five Seas Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fjord Press | first edition (year) or first edition (month,year) or first edition | ||
| Flammarion | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fleet Press | first printing (year) | ||
| Fleet Publishing | no later printings mentioned or circa 1955 up first printing | ||
| Fleming H. Revell | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fletcher & Son Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Florida A&M U. | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Florida Atlantic U. | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Florida International U. | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Florida State U. | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Florida Technological U. | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Flying Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Focal Press | first published (year) | ||
| Focus on Family Publishing | number row | ||
| Folger Shakespeare Library | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Folio Society | no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) | ||
| Follett Publishing | first printing or number row | ||
| Fontana Paperbacks | first published (year) | ||
| Football Y Association | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Forbes & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Fordham U. Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Fords, Howard & Hulbert | No designation | ||
| Foreign Languages Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) | ||
| Foremost | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Forest Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Forge (Tom Doherty) | first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| FormAsia | published (year) | ||
| Fortress Press | no later printings mentioned or First Fortress Press Edition (year) | ||
| Forum Books (World) | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Forum Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Foster & StewArt | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Foul Play Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Foundation for Christian LIving | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Foundation Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fountain Press | first published (year) or first edition (year) | ||
| Fountainhead Publishers | first printing | ||
| Four Courts Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Four East | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Four O's Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Four Seas Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Four Walls Eight windows | first edition first printing | ||
| Four winds Press | number row | ||
| Fox, Duffield | published (month,year) | ||
| Francis Aldor Publisher | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Francis Asbury Press | number row | ||
| Francis P. Harper | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Franciscan Herald Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Franconia Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Frank Cass Publishers | first published (year) | ||
| Frank E. Housh | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Frank F. Lovell | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Frank Maurice | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Franklin Library | first editions and signed first editions are 'limited' to an unstated number of copies & not reprinted; standard works are reprinted wlo indication | ||
| Franklin Watts | first edition or same date on verso with no later printingsor number row or first published (year) with number row | ||
| Fred Jordan Books/Grosset & Dunlap | first published (year) | ||
| Frederick A. Stokes | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Frederick Fell | first printing (year) or first printing (month,year) or N | ||
| Frederick H. Hitchcock | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Frederick Muller | first published (year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Frederick Pustet | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Frederick Ungar | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Frederick Warne & Co. | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Free Association Books | first published (year) | ||
| Free Press (NY) | number row | ||
| Free Press Association | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Free Press of Glencoe | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Free Press Paperbacks | first edition (year) | ||
| Freedeeds Books | first edition | ||
| Freedom Books | number row | ||
| Freedom Press | first published (month,year) | ||
| Freelance Communications | first printing (month,year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| French & European Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Freshet Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Freundlich Books | number row | ||
| Friendly House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Friendly Press, Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Friends of the Earth | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Friendship Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Fromm International | published (year) | ||
| Front Room | first edition (year) | ||
| Fulcrum | number row | ||
| Full Court Press | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Funk & Wagnalls | no later printings mentioned, often withpublished (month,year) and same date on verso with no later printingsor, from February, 1929 first published (month,year) or '1' after verso date; 1970s and up number row | ||
| Future Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| G. & C. Merriam | first edition on title page or no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| G. Bell & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| G. Howard Watt | no later printings mentioned | ||
| G. P. Putnam's Sons (U. S.) | some titles 1920s-30s show first edition,but 2nd printings always indicated; otherwise to 1984 no later printings mentioned, or, for most books previously published abroad FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (year) or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (year) with number row; 1 | ||
| G. P. Putnam's Sons, Putnam & Co. (U K) | first published (month,year) | ||
| G. T. Foulis & Co. | first edition or first published (year) | ||
| G. W. Carleton | same date on verso with no later printingsor title page date one year later than copyright page date | ||
| G. W. Dillingham | same date on verso with no later printingsor ISSUED (month,year) | ||
| G.D.M. Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| G.Schirmer | no later printings mentioned with same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| G/L Regal Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gaer | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Galahad Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gale & Polden Ltd. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned or first published (month,year) or first published (year) | ||
| Galileo Press | first edition | ||
| Gallaudet University Press | published (year) | ||
| Galleon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gallery Books | number row | ||
| Gallery Press | published (year) | ||
| Gambit | first printing | ||
| Gandhi Peace Foundation | first edition | ||
| Gandhian Institute of Studies | first edition (year) | ||
| Gannett Books | first edition | ||
| Gant Richards & Humphrey Toulmin | first published (year) | ||
| Garamond Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Garber Communications | first edition | ||
| Garden City Publishing Co. | usually reprints of other publishers' orginals; no designation or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Garden Way Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gardner Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Garland STPM Press | number row | ||
| Garrard Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Garrett & Massie | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gaslight Publications | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Gasogene Press | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Gateway Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gay-Hagen | first edition | ||
| Gay & Hancock | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gay Presses of New York | first edition | ||
| Gay Sunshine Press | first printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gefen | number row | ||
| Gem Guides Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Genealogical Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| General Publishing Co. Ltd. | FIRST (year) | ||
| Gentry Press | all are firsts | ||
| Geo. A. Edes | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Geo. L. Shuman & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Geoffrey Bles | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Geoffrey Chapman | first published (year) | ||
| Geographical Publications | No designation | ||
| Geological Society of America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Allen & Unwin | first published (year) | ||
| George Barrie's Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Braziller | first edition or first printing for most titles, but some first American editions of books translated into English, the firsts show no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Dobsevage | no later printings mentioned | ||
| George G. Harrap & Co. | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) or published (year) | ||
| George H. Doran | to Sept., 1921 GHD symbol on title page or verso; thereafter GHD symbol on verso under copyright notice | ||
| George H. Ellis | no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Jaboor | Australian Edition (year) or first published (year) | ||
| George Kirk | no later printings mentioned | ||
| George M. Smith | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| George Newnes | no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Over (Rugby) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Philip | first published | ||
| George Philip & Son | no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Routledge & Sons | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Shumway | first edition (month,year) | ||
| George Stinson & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Sully & Co. | No designation | ||
| George W. Jacobs & Co. | published (month,year) | ||
| George W. Stewart | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Wahr | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| George Weidenfeld & Nicolson | no later printings mentioned or first edition with number row. | ||
| Georgia State U. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Georgia Straight Writing Series | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Georgian House | first published (year) | ||
| Gerald Duckworth | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gerald House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gerald Howe Ltd. | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Gibbs Smith | first edition | ||
| Gibbs Smith | number row or first edition | ||
| Gill & Macmillan | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gilliss Press | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ginn & Co. | no later printings mentioned or letter line on last page or number sequence,xxx.l with number after decimal point | ||
| Glade House | first edition | ||
| Glenessary Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Glernffer Press | first edition | ||
| Glide Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Globe Pequot Press | first edition | ||
| GMP | no later printings mentioned or first published (month,year) | ||
| Gnome Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gnomon Press | no designation | ||
| Gold Eagle Books | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Golden Cockerel Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Golden Eagle | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Golden Galley Press Ltd. | first impression (year) | ||
| Golden Gate Junior Books | number row | ||
| Golden Press | earliest titles no later printings mentioned or first printing on verso; later L on last page, often concealed by binding | ||
| Golden Quill | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Golden West Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Golf Digest Books | first printing (year) or first printing | ||
| Gomer Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Good Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Good News | first printing (year) | ||
| Goose Lane Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gordon & Breach | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gordon & Cremonesi | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gordon Cremonesi | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gordon Fraser Gallery | first published (year) | ||
| Gordon Volland | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gotham Book Mart | no later printings mentioned or first edition or Colophon | ||
| Gould & Lincoln | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| GPC Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Grafton Books | published (year) | ||
| Grafton Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Grail Publication | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gramercy | Letter line | ||
| Granada Publishing Center | first published (year) or published (year) | ||
| Granger-Doyle | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Grant Richards | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Grapevine | first published (year) | ||
| Graphic Arts Center | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Graphic Giant | First Graphic Giant Printing (year) | ||
| Gray's | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gray-Zone Publishers | first edition | ||
| Grayson & Grayson | first published (year) | ||
| Graywolf Press | first printing (year) | ||
| Great Eastern Book Co. | first printing or first edition | ||
| Great Lakes Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Great Northwest | first edition (year) | ||
| Great Oak | first edition (year) | ||
| Great Ocean Publishers | first edition first printing | ||
| Greatlakes Living Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Green Circle Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Greenberg, Publisher | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Greenhaven Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Greenhill Books | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Greenleaf Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Greenwich House | Letter line | ||
| Greenwillow | through 1977 number row; thereafter first edition with number row | ||
| Greenwood Press | first published (year) or, early 1980s number row or first published (year) with number row, late 1980s first edition (year) with number row | ||
| Gregg Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gresham Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Greville Press | 1979-81 Colophon on copyright page; 1982-87 no later printings mentioned; thereafter | ||
| Grey Castle Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Grey Fox Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Grey Walls Press | first published (month,year) | ||
| Greystone Press | no later printings mentioned or first printing; after 1946 No designation | ||
| Gridiron-Leisure Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Grigg & Elliot | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Grolier | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Grosset & Dunlap (originals only, c. 1960s up) | first printing; earlier titles are reprints of other publishers' originals; no designation by G & D . | ||
| Grossman | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Grotius Publications | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Grove Press | to 1960 no later printings mentioned; 1961-1985 first printing or first edition (year)first printing (year); 1985 up first edition (year)first printing (year) with number row or first edition (year) with number row | ||
| Grove Weidenfeld | first edition (year) with number row | ||
| Grune & Stratton | A on last page of index or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Guide-Kalkoff-Burr | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Guideposts | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Guidon Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Guild America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Guilford Press | number row | ||
| Guinness Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gulf Publishing | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gulliver Books (HBJ) | first edition | ||
| Gulliver Books (Hong Kong) | first published (year) | ||
| Guy L. Dunscomb & Son | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gwasg Gomer | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | no later printings mentioned | ||
| H. & E. Phinney | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| H. Bittner & co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| H. C. Kinsey | no later printings mentioned | ||
| H. C. Watts | no later printings mentioned with same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| H. Campbell Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| H. F. & G. Witherby | no later printings mentioned | ||
| H. M. Caldwell | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| H. R. Larson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| H. W. Wilson | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned or/with published (month,year) | ||
| H.K. Fly | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hackett Publishing | first printing | ||
| Haddington House | first published (year) or first published | ||
| Hafner | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hal Leonard Publishing | published (year) | ||
| Hal Leonard Publishing | published (year) | ||
| Halcyon House | first printing (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hale, Cushman & Flint | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Hall of Fame Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hallwag Berne | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hamish Hamilton | through 1987 first published (year); thereafter first published (year) with number row | ||
| Hammond | No designation | ||
| Hammond, Hammond & Co. | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Hampshire Bookshop | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hampton Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hancock House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hand & Flower Press | first published (year) | ||
| Hanford Stafford | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Hanging Loose Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hanover House (Doubleday) | first edition | ||
| Hanshin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hara Publishing | starts with 2 in number row, and no later printings smentioned | ||
| Harbinger House | first edition | ||
| Harbor Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Harbor Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harbrace Paperbound Library | Letter line | ||
| Harcourt Brace | to circa 1926 no later printings mentioned; 1927 to circa 1934 published (month,year) or '1'on verso or no later printings mentioned; 1935 up first edition or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION or no later printings mentioned; begins again during 1993: FIRST ED | ||
| Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | ends during 1993 first edition or first edition (year) (letters do not usually apply if they begin with A or B; disregard them; see Typography statement, pages 4-5) | ||
| Harcourt Brace World | first edition or first edition (year) | ||
| Harian Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harlaxton Publishing | first published (year) | ||
| Harlo Press | first edition | ||
| Harmony Books | no later printings mentioned or first edition with number row | ||
| Harold Shaw | first printing (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Harold Vinal | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Harper's Magazine Press | first edition | ||
| Harper & Brothers | to 1911 same date on verso with no later printings; 1912-April, 1922 a 2-letter code. appears on the versoo A first edition shows published (month,year) on verso with the code matching the month & year exactly (or showith number rowg a coded month & y | ||
| Harper & Row | early 1960s to late 1960s first edition; late 1960s to 1975 first edition ; or first edition with number row on last page; 1975-1990 first edition or number row or first edition with number row. 1975 either method could be used. | ||
| Harper & Row, Peterson | first edition or number row or first edition with number row | ||
| HarperCollins (U. S.) | first edition with number row | ||
| HarperFlamingo | first edition with number row | ||
| HarperPerennial | first published (year) with number row | ||
| HarperPrism | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| HarperSanFrancisco | number row | ||
| Harpswell Press | first edition | ||
| Harr Wagner | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harrison-Hilton Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harrison House | letter line | ||
| Harrison Smith | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harrison Smith & Robert Haas | first printing or same date on verso with no later printingsor no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harry Abrams | no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first edition | ||
| Hart-Davis, MacGibbon | first published (year) | ||
| Hart Publishing | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hart Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hartford Publishing Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Hartmore House | first published (year) | ||
| Hartsdale House | No designation | ||
| Harvard Business School | through 1982 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Harvard Common Press | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harvard U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harvest House | published (year) | ||
| Harvester Press | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Harvey House | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Harvey Miller | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harvey Miller | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Harvill Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hastings House | books printed by letterpress no later printings mentioned; by offset and gravure no later printings mentioned on DJ | ||
| Haverford House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hawthorn Books | first edition (month,year) or number row | ||
| Hawthorn House | No designation | ||
| Hay House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hayden Book Co. | number row | ||
| Haynes Publishing Group | first edition with Letter line on outside back cover | ||
| Haypenny | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Hazlitt & Reed | no later printings mentioned on title page | ||
| Headline | no later printings mentioned to 1989; thereafter number row | ||
| Healing Arts Press | to circa 1975 first edition; thereafter number row | ||
| Hearst Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hearst Marine Books | first edition with number row | ||
| HeArt of the Lakes Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| HeArthside Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Heath Cranton | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Hebrew Publishing Co. | No designation, no later printings mentioned? | ||
| Helicon Press | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Helios Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hellman, Williams & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hendricks House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Henkle- Yewdale House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hennypenny | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Henry Altemus | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Henry Bill | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Henry Frowde | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Henry G. Bohn | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Henry Harrison | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Henry Holt | through 1944 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition or first printing or first edition withn; 1990s | ||
| Henry Regnery | No designation for most, but typically no later printings mentioned or first published (year); after 1974 mostly no later printings mentioned; 1990s number row | ||
| Henry Schuman | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Henry T. Coates | published (month,year) or same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Henry Z. Walck | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Her Majesty's Stationery Office | first published (year) | ||
| Herald House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Herald Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Herald Publishing | number row | ||
| Herbert B. Turner | published (month,year) with same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Herbert Jenkins | no later printings mentioned or first printing (year) | ||
| Herbert Press | first published (year) | ||
| Herbert S. Stone | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Herder & Herder | through circa 1979 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Heritage Press | all are reissues of Limited Editions Club originals; no designation of printings | ||
| Herman Publishing | no later printings mentioned (used inconsistently) | ||
| Hermes Publishing | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hermitage House | first edition or first printing | ||
| Hermitician Press | number row | ||
| Hero Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Heron Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hertzl Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hewitt House (Fleming H. Revell Co.) | No designation | ||
| Hexl Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hicks Smith & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| High Hill Press | first published (year) | ||
| Highmark Publishing | number row | ||
| Hightrees Books | number row | ||
| Highway Book Shop | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hill & Wang | no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first edition (month,year) or first printing (year) | ||
| Hillman-Curl | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hillstone | first printing | ||
| Hippocrene Books | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| His Majesty's Stationery Office | colophon | ||
| Hispanic Society of America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Historical Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| History Books Club | This Edition (year) | ||
| Hobart Co. | no later printings mentioned or published (month,year) | ||
| Hobbs, Dorman & Co. | first published (year) | ||
| Hobson Book Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Hodder & Stoughton | through 1930s No consistent designation, but generally no later printings mentioned; 1940s up first printing (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Hodges, Figgis & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hog Hill Press | first edition | ||
| Hogarth Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hohm Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hokuseido Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Holbrook Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Holden-Day | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Holiday House | no later printings mentioned or books with price on dust jacket are 1sts, those without a price are not | ||
| Hollis & CArter Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Holme Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Holmes & Meier | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Holt, Rinehart & winston | first printing or first edition or first edition with number row or number row or published (month,year) | ||
| Home & Van ThaI | first published (year) but unaltered reprints may not be noted | ||
| Hoover Institution Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hopkinson & Blake | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Horace Liveright, Inc. | no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first edition | ||
| Horizon | first edition (year) or first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Horn Book | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Horwitz Grahame Books | first published (year) | ||
| Houghton Mifflin Australia | first published (year) | ||
| Houghton, Mifflin | from circa1891 to circa 1953 same date on verso with no later printings, then first printing or first printing (month,year) or number row; a few aberrant titles from 1954-57 show only same date on verso with no further printings, no first printing | ||
| Houghton, Mifflin in the 1970s | N; late 1980s first edition (year) with number row | ||
| House & Brown | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| House of Anansi | number row or, rarely, first printing (year) | ||
| Hove Foto Books | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Howard B. Timmins | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Howard baker Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Howard Fertig | first edition | ||
| Howard U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Howe Brothers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Howell-North | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Howell Book House | first edition first printing (year) | ||
| Howell, Soskin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hudson Hills Press | first edition | ||
| Hugh Evelyn | first published (year) | ||
| Hughlauter Levin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hull U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hulton Press | first published (year) | ||
| Human Engineering Laboratory | first edition | ||
| Human Sciences Press | number row | ||
| Humana | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Humanities Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Huntington (Conn.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Huntington Library | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hurst & Blackett | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Hurst & Co. | all are reprints of other Publishers' originals; no designation | ||
| Hurtig | No designation | ||
| Hutchinson & Co. | through 1940s no later printings mentioned; thereafter first published (month,year) | ||
| Hyperion Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition with number row | ||
| Ian Allan | first published (year) | ||
| Ibis Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Icarus Press | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| ICR Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Idea Books | first edition | ||
| Ideals | No designation | ||
| IEdinburgh U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ignatius Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Images Graphiques | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Imago Publishing Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Impact Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Imprint (Australia) | first published (year) | ||
| Imprint (U. S.) | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Imprint Society | each title limited to 1950 copies with colophon | ||
| Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson | published (year) | ||
| Independence Press | number row | ||
| Independent Press | first edition (year) | ||
| Indian Institute of World Culture | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Indian Peasants' Institute | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Indiana Historical Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Indiana U. Press | to 1973 no later printings mentioned; 1974 up number row | ||
| Industrial Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Infantry Journal Press | first edition | ||
| Infocor | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Inner Traditions International | to circa 1975 first edition or no later printings mentioned thereafter number row | ||
| Innes & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Insight Books | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| InspiratioN House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Institute for Contemporary Studies | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Institute for Massachusetts Studies | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Institute for the Study of Human Issues | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Institute for the Study of Man | First ISM Edition (year) | ||
| Instrumentalist Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Inter-Varsity Press | to April, 1978 first edition (month,year); thereafter first edition (year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Interculture Associates | No designation | ||
| Intermedia Press | colophon on verso | ||
| International Arts & Sciences Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| International Marine Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| International Polygonics ltd | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| International Publishers | first edition or no later printings mentioned or first printing (year) M | ||
| International TextBook Company | first printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| International Universities Press | first printing or no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Interstate, The | first edition | ||
| Interurbans | first printing (year) | ||
| Intext Educational Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Iowa State College Press | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Iowa State U. Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) | ||
| Iris I 0 Publishing | first printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Irish Academic Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Irvington Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Irwin Publishing | number row | ||
| Isbister & Co. | no later printings mentioned or first edition (month,year) | ||
| Island Heritage | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Island Nation Press | (month,year) first edition | ||
| Island Press | number row | ||
| Island Press (Australia) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Island Press Cooperative | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Island Workshop Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ithaca House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ivan Obolensky | first edition or no later printings mentioned or first printing | ||
| Ivan R. Dee | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ives Washburn | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ivor NIcholson & Watson | first published (year) | ||
| Ivy Books (Ballantine) | first edition (month,year) | ||
| J. & A. Churchill, Ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J. A. Allen & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J. B. Ford & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| J. B. Lippincott | to 1924 same date on verso with no later printings or verso date one year later than title page date with no later printings mentioned; 1925 up first edition or P (month,year) or number row | ||
| J. F. Taplinger | published (month,year) | ||
| J. F. Taylor | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J. G. Ferguson Publishing | first edition | ||
| J. Garnet Miller | first published (year) | ||
| J. H. Francis | same date on verso with no later printingsor single date on title page | ||
| J. H. Haynes & Co. | first edition with Letter line on outside back cover | ||
| J. H. Maxwell Ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J. H. Sears | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J. J. Augustin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J. K. Waters | published (month,year) with same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| J. M. Dent (Australia) | first published (year) | ||
| J. M. Dent (Canada) | first printing (month,year) | ||
| J. M. Dent (U. K.) | since 1929 first published (year) | ||
| J. Philip O'Hara | first printing | ||
| J. Pott & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J. S. Ogilvie | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd. | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| J. W. Bouton | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| J. W. Bradley | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| J. Whitaker & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| J.C.Derby | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Jacaranda Press | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jackson & Phillips | no later printings mentioned | ||
| James A. McCann Co. | no later printings mentioned with same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| James Barrie | first published (year) | ||
| James Campbell & Son | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| James Clarke & Co. | first published (year) | ||
| James Duffy & Co. | first published (year) | ||
| James French & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| James H Earle | no later printings mentioned | ||
| James H. Heineman (NY) | first printing (year) | ||
| James Hope & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| James Ladd Delkin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| James Lorimer & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| James Maclehose & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| James Miller | no later printings mentioned or same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| James Munroe & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| James Nisbet & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| James R. Osgood | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Jameson Books | number row | ||
| Jane's | first published (year) | ||
| Janus Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Japan Publications | first printing (year) | ||
| Jargon Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jarrolds | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jason Aronson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jasper Associates | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Javelin Books | first published (year) | ||
| JBuchan & Enright | first published (year) | ||
| Jefferson House | first printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jenkins Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jennings & Graham | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jennings & Pre | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jeremy P. Tarcher | through April 1979 N; thereafter first edition with number row | ||
| Jerusalem Publishing House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jester Co.1 Jester & Pharley | first edition with number row | ||
| Jewett & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Jewish Center of the Hamptons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jewish Chronicle | No designation | ||
| Jewish Publication Society | no later printings mentioned or first edition or first printing | ||
| Jewish War Veterans of the U. S. of A. | first edition | ||
| Jo-Ely Publishing | first edition | ||
| Johmax Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John B. Alden | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| John Baker | first edition (year) | ||
| John Bartholomew | first published (year) | ||
| John C. Mountjoy | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| John C. Winston | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| John Calder | published (year) | ||
| John Castle | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John Conway Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John Daniel, Publisher | only second editions are denoted | ||
| John Day Co. | no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first published (month,year) or number row | ||
| John DeGraff | no later printings mentioned (used inconsistently) or first printing (year) or first edition (year) | ||
| John F. Blair | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John F. Blair, Publisher | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John F. Rider | first edition | ||
| John F. Winters | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John Francis McKenna Company | first edition | ||
| John Gordon Burke | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John Hamilton | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John Heritage, Publisher | first printing (month,year) | ||
| John Knox Press | through 1979 no later printings mentioned; after that number row | ||
| John Lane, the Bodley Head | same date on verso with no later printingsor first published (year) | ||
| John Long | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| John McBride Company | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| John Miles, Publisher | first published (year) | ||
| John Muir | first edition (year) | ||
| John Murphy Company | No designation | ||
| John Murray | through 1980 no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) or first published (year); 1981 up first published (year)or first edition (year) | ||
| John P. Jewett | no later printings mentioned | ||
| John W. Luce | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned (used inconsistently) | ||
| John Weatherhill | first edition (year) | ||
| John Westhouse | first published (year) | ||
| John Wiley & Sons | to 1968 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| John Wright of Bristol | first published (year) | ||
| Johnny Gruelle Co. | No designation | ||
| Johns Hopkins U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Johnson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jonathan Cape & Robert Ballou | first published (year) | ||
| Jonathan Cape (U. K.) | first published (year); 1994 up first published (year) with number row | ||
| Jonathan David Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Jordan Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Joseph F. Wagner, Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Joseph J. Binns | first edition | ||
| Jossey-Bass | first edition | ||
| Journey Editions | first published (year) or first edition with number row | ||
| Journeyman Press | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) with number row | ||
| Joyce Press | first printing | ||
| Judson Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Judy Publishing Co. | first edition | ||
| Julian Messner | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Julian Press | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri | first edition first printing (month,year) | ||
| Junior League of Tucson | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Junior Literary Guild | first edition (typically simultaneous with trade edition of the same title) | ||
| Juniper Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| K. S. Giniger Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Kahn & Averill | first published (year) | ||
| Kalakshetra Publications | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Kaleidograph Press | first edition | ||
| Kalimat Press | first edition | ||
| Kalmar Nyckel Foundation | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Kalmbach | hardcover no designation; softcover no later printings mentioned | ||
| Kanchenjunga Press | first edition | ||
| Karl Gordon | first published (year) | ||
| Karo Communications | first edition | ||
| Katahdin Publishing Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Kayak Books | No designation | ||
| Kaye & Ward | first published (year) | ||
| Keats Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Kenko Igakusha Co. | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Kennikat Press | no later printings mentioned (used inconsistently) | ||
| Kensal Press | published (year) | ||
| Kensington Books | first printing (month,year) or first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Kent State U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Keppler & Schwarzmann | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Kestrel Books | first published (year) | ||
| Keter | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Kevin Weldon & Associates | first published (year) | ||
| Key Porter Books | number row | ||
| Keystone Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Killaly Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| King's Crown | date on title page, removed on later printings | ||
| King-Richardson Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Kingswood Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Kinnell | first published (year) | ||
| Kitchen Table I Women of Color Press | first edition first printing | ||
| Klutz Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| KNAPp Press | first edition | ||
| Knight & Millet | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Knights Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Knightsbridge Publishing | first edition with number row | ||
| Know, Inc. | first printing | ||
| Knowledge Industry Publications | number row | ||
| Kodansha International | first edition (year) | ||
| Kosmon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Kregel Publications | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| KTA V Publishing House | No designation | ||
| Kurusapa Ladprao Press | first edition | ||
| Kutztown | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Kyle Cathie | first published (year) | ||
| L. B. Fischer | no later printings mentioned | ||
| L. C. Page | first impression (month,year) | ||
| L. N. Fowler & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lacotah Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ladybird Books | No designation | ||
| Laidlaw Brothers | number row | ||
| Laird & Lee | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lake Shore Press | first printing (month,year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lamplighter Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lance Tapley | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Landemann | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Landmark Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lane Book Co. | first edition first printing (month,year) | ||
| Lane Publishing Co. | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Langham Press | first published (year) | ||
| LanSDowne Press | first published (year) or first edition | ||
| Lantern Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Larlin Corporation | first edition with number row | ||
| Larousse & Co. | first published (year) | ||
| Latimer House | first published (year) | ||
| Latitudes Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Laughter Library | number row | ||
| Laurence J. Gomme | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Lawrence & Wishart | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Lawrence Hill | first edition (month,year) or first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Lawrence Verry | first printing (year) | ||
| Layne Company | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lea & Febiger | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| League to Support Poetry | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lebhar-Friedman Books | number row | ||
| Lee & Shepard | same date on verso with no later printingsor published (month,year) | ||
| Lee Furman | No designation | ||
| Lee, Shepard & Dillingham | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Lehigh U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Leicester U. Press | first published (year) | ||
| Leisure Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lenox Hill Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lenox Hill Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Leo Cooper | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Leon Amiel | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Leonard HilI (Books) Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Leonard Parsons | first published (year) | ||
| Lerner | number row | ||
| Les Femmes | through 1965 no later printings mentioned; 1966 up first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Leslie Frewin | first published (year) | ||
| Lester & Orpen Dennys | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Leviathan Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lewis Copeland | first printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lewis Hatch | colophon | ||
| Lewis Historical Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lexington Books | number row | ||
| Leypoldt & Holt | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Liberty Press | number row | ||
| Libra | to circa 1985 No designation; thereafter first edition | ||
| Library Association Publishing | first published (year) | ||
| Library of America | first printing or no later printings mentioned; book club issues marked as such | ||
| Library Press | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Library Publishers | first printing | ||
| Lieber & Lewis | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Life Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Light & Life Publishers | first edition (year) | ||
| Lightner Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lightning Tree | no later printings mentioned or first printing | ||
| Limelight Editions | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Linacre Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lincoln MacVeagh | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Linden Press | number row | ||
| Lindsay Drummond | first published (year) | ||
| Lindsey Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Links Books | first printing | ||
| Lintel | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Lion Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lippincott & Crowell | first edition or first edition with number row | ||
| Lithuanian Literary Associates | first printing | ||
| Litman Foundation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Little Bookshop (Lynchburg, Va.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Little Golden Books | 'A' on 1st or 2nd page or last page, often concealed by binding | ||
| Little Hills Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Little, Brown | through 1929 same date on verso
with no later printings;
1930 up published (month,year) with no later printings mentioned or first printing or first edition or first edition with number row. See also Atlantic Monthly Press for joint publications. |
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| Littlebury & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Liturgical Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Liveright Publishing | no later printings mentioned or, rarely first edition or, for 1970s up number row | ||
| Liverpool U. Press | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| Living Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Living Legacy | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Livingston Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Llewellyn | no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) | ||
| Logos International | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| London House & Maxwell | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| London Limited Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| London Magazine Press | first published (year) | ||
| London Missionary Society | first printing (year) | ||
| Lonely Planet Publications | first published (month,year) or first edition | ||
| Longman | first published (year) | ||
| Longman Caribbean | first published (year) | ||
| Longman, Cheshire | first published (year) | ||
| Longmans Canada Ltd | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Longmans, Green & Co. (U.K. & U.S.) | to mid-1920s same date on verso with no later printings; thereafter first edition or first published (year) | ||
| Longmans, Green (Toronto) | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Longmeadow Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Longstreet Press | first printing (year) | ||
| Longvue Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Loompanics Unlimited | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lord John Press | first edition | ||
| Lorenz Books | number row | ||
| Lorenz Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Loring & Mussey | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lothrop | same date on verso with no later printingsor no later printings mentioned or published (month,year) | ||
| Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | published (month,year) or no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Lotus Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Louis H. Chalif | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Louisiana State U. Press | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Lovat Dickson | first published (year) | ||
| Loyola U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lumen Christi | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lumen Editions | number row | ||
| Lumiere Publishing | colophon | ||
| Lustrum | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lutheran Literary Board | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lutheran Publishing House | first published (year) | ||
| Lutterworth Press | first published (year) | ||
| Luzac & Co. Ltd | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Lyle Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lyle Stuart | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Lynx House Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Lyons & Burford | number row | ||
| M. A. Donohue & Co. | No designation | ||
| M. Evans | first printing or number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| M. S. Mill & William Morrow | no later printings mentioned | ||
| M. Witmark | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| M.Barrows | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| M.J.F.Books | number row | ||
| M.S.Mill | no later printings mentioned | ||
| M.W.Dodd | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Macaulay | no later printings mentioned | ||
| MacDonald & Co. | first published (year) | ||
| MacDonald & Evans | first published (month,year) | ||
| MacDonald & Jane's | first published (year) | ||
| MacFadden-BArtell | first printing (month,year) | ||
| MacGibbon & Kee | first published (year) | ||
| MacLay & Associates | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Macmillan (Australia) | first edition (year) | ||
| Macmillan (U. K.) | through 1968 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first published (year) | ||
| Macmillan (U. S.) | to 4/24/1936 published (month,year) with same date on verso with no later printings; thereafter first printing or first printing (year); December, 1979 up number row;children's titles 1971-2 up number row | ||
| Macmillan of Canada | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Macoy Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Macrae Smith | to 1929 no later printings mentioned; 1930 up first edition or first printing | ||
| Macy-Masius | same date on verso with no later printingsor published (year) | ||
| Madison & Marshall | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Madison Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Madrona Press | first edition | ||
| MagiCircle | first edition | ||
| Magna Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Main Street Press | first printing or first edition | ||
| Mallard Press | first published (year) | ||
| Manchester Community College Books | first edition (year) | ||
| Manchester U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mandala | number row | ||
| Mandrake Press | first edition | ||
| Manitou Publishing | first printing | ||
| Manohar | first edition (year) | ||
| Manor Books | A Manor Book (year) | ||
| Mansell Publishing | first published (year) | ||
| Manyland Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Maple Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mararantha | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Marboro Books Corp | number row | ||
| Margaret K. McElderry Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Marine Historical Association | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Marine Research Society | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Marion Boyars | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| Markus Wiener | first edition (year) | ||
| MarLor Press | first printing (month,year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Marshall Cavendish | first published (year) | ||
| Marshall Jones | Printed (month,year) or first edition (month,year) | ||
| Marshall Morgan & Scott | first published (year) | ||
| Marsilio Publishers | first edition | ||
| Martin Hopkinson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Martin Secker & Warburg | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Martin, Brian & O'Keefe | first published (year) | ||
| Martingale & Co. | number row | ||
| Maruzen Co. Ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Marzani & Munsell | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mason & Lipscomb | no later printings mentioned or first printing | ||
| Mason Brothers | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Mason Charter | first printing | ||
| Mason Publishing Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture | first edition | ||
| Masses & Mainstream | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Mastermedia Limited | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Masters Press | published (year) with number row | ||
| Matrix House | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Matson's Publications | first published (month,year) | ||
| Maurice Fridberg | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Maurice Temple Smith | first published (year) | ||
| Max B. Garber | first edition | ||
| Max Parrish | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Max Parrish & Co. Ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Max Reil}hardt | first published (year) | ||
| Max Reinhardt & Constable | first published (year) | ||
| Maxwell Droke | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mayfield Publishing Co. | first edition (year) or number row | ||
| Mayflower Books | first edition or first edition (year) | ||
| McBooks Press | number row | ||
| McBride, Nast & Co. | published (month,year) | ||
| McCall Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| McClelland & Stewart | no later printings mentioned | ||
| McClure | same date on verso with no later printingsor published (month,year) with same date on verso with no later printingsor first impression (month,year) | ||
| McClure, Phillips | same date on verso with no later printingsor published (month,year) or first impression (month,year) | ||
| McCutchen Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| McDowell Obolensky | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| McFarland & Co. | only second editions are denoted | ||
| McFarlane, Warde, McFarlane | no later printings mentioned | ||
| McGill-Queen's University Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| McGraw-Hill | to 1956 no later printings mentioned; 1957-72 first edition; 1972-74 first edition or N; 1974 up number row | ||
| McGraw-Hill Ryerson | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| McNally & Loftin | no later printings mentioned (used inconsistently) | ||
| McPhee Gribble | first printing or first published (year) | ||
| McPherson & Co. | no later printings mentioned or first edition with number row | ||
| Meador | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Meadowland Books | published (year) | ||
| Meckler Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Medical Economics Co. | number row | ||
| Medical Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Medical Tribune | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Medici Society (U. K.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Medill McBride Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Meenakshi Prakashan | first published (year) | ||
| Meeting House Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Melbourne U. Press | first published (year) | ||
| Melrose | first edition (year) | ||
| Memphis State College Press | first edition | ||
| Memphis State U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Menchune Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mentor | number row or first printing (year) | ||
| Mercer U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mercier Press | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Mercury House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Meredith Press | first edition or first published (year) | ||
| Meridian | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Meridian Books (U. K.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Meriwether | first edition | ||
| Merlin Books | first published (year) | ||
| Merlin Press | same date on verso with no later printingsor first published (year) | ||
| Methodist Book Concern | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Methodist College Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Methuen & Co. | since 1905 first published (year) | ||
| Metropolitan Books | first edition (year) with number row | ||
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Metropolitan Press | no later printings mentioned or no stars on verso | ||
| MeyerBooks | no later printings mentioned | ||
| MHO & MHO Works | number row | ||
| Michael diCapua Books | first edition or first printing | ||
| Michael Haag | first edition (year) | ||
| Michael Joseph | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Michigan State U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Microsoft Press | number row | ||
| Middle Atlantic Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Midland House | first edition | ||
| MiIdmay | first published this Edition (year) or This Edition (year) | ||
| Military Press | Letter line | ||
| Military Service Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Military/Naval Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Milkweed Editions | first edition with number row | ||
| Mill Street Press | first edition | ||
| Miller, Orton & Mulligan | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mills & Boon | published (month,year) or first published (year) | ||
| Milton Bradley Co. | No consistent designation | ||
| Minerva Press (Funk & Wagnalls) | Minerva Press Edition (year) | ||
| Minerva Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Minnesota Historical Society | to 1939 No designation; 1940 up no later printings mentioned | ||
| Minton, Balch | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Miramar Publishing | first edition | ||
| Miramax Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Mission Church Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Missionary Education Movement | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mississippi Valley Press | all are firsts | ||
| MIT Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition (month,year) | ||
| Mitchell Beazley | first published (year), no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mitchell Kennerly | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Moby Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mockingbird Books | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Modern Age Books | no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first published (year) | ||
| Modern Language Association | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Modern Library | [after independence from Boni & Liveright] First Modem Library Edition (year) | ||
| Modern Medicine Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Modern Pilgrim Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Modern Press | first published (year) | ||
| Modern Publsihing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Moffat, Yard | published (month,year) | ||
| Mohawk Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Mojave Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Momo's Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Monad Press | first edition (year) | ||
| Monarch Line (Ireland) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Monarch Publishing | published (month,year) | ||
| Monthly Review Press | first printing or number row | ||
| Moods of Hong Kong | first edition | ||
| Moody Press | through 1981 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first printing or number row | ||
| Moorland Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Moravian Music Foundation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Morehouse | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Morehouse-Barlow | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Morehouse-Gorham | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Morgan & Lester | through early 1960s first edition (month,year); thereafter no later printings mentioned | ||
| Morgan & Morgan | through early 1960s first edition (month,year); thereafter no later printings mentioned | ||
| Morgan & Scott | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mosaic Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mosher Press | same date on verso with no later printingsor colophon | ||
| Mother Courage Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Motilal Banarsidass | first edition (year) | ||
| Mountain Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mountaineers Bopks | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mouton | no later printings mentioned on title page | ||
| Moving PArts Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Moyer Bell | first edition (year) | ||
| Muhammad Ashraf | first edition (year) | ||
| Multimedia Publishing | first edition | ||
| Multnomah Press | number row | ||
| Mulvey Books | first edition | ||
| Murray & Gee | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Murray Child & Company | first published (year) | ||
| Museum of Modern Art | no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first edition | ||
| Museum of New Mexico | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Museum Press | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Muslim World League | first edition | ||
| Musson Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mycroft & Moran | colophon or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Myriade Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Myrtle Publishing | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Mysterious Press | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Mystery League | first edition | ||
| Mystic Seaport Museum | first edition but NI | ||
| N. Tibbals & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Naiad Press | first edition | ||
| Nan A. Talese (Doubleday) | first edition with number row | ||
| Nash Publishing | first printing | ||
| Nashunal Publishing | first edition | ||
| National Council | no later printings mentioned | ||
| National Council of Applied Economic Research | month,year | ||
| National Fire Protection Association | first edition (year) | ||
| National Foundation Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| National Geographic Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| National Gypsum Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| National Library of Australia | no later printings mentioned | ||
| National Press Books | first edition | ||
| National Prohibitionist | published (month,year) | ||
| National Retail merchants Association | first edition | ||
| National Safety Council | first edition (year) | ||
| National Strategy Information Center | no later printings mentioned | ||
| National Travel Club | first edition; typically issued simultaneously with trade edition or a special reprint | ||
| National Women's League of the United States | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Natural History Press | first edition | ||
| Natural Science of Canada | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Nature Study Publishing | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Naturegraph | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Nautical & Aviation Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Nautical Publishing Co. | first published | ||
| Navajivan Publishing House | first edition (year) | ||
| Naval Institute Press |
first edition with number
row beginning with '2' (no '1')nad
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| NavPress | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Naylor | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Neale Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Nelson-Hall | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Nelson & Phillips | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Nelson Canada | number row | ||
| Nelson, Foster & Scott | first edition (year) | ||
| Netaji Research Bureau | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Netherlandic Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Nettle Creek | first edition | ||
| Neville Spearman | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| New-Church Board of Publication | No designation | ||
| New African Library | first published (year) | ||
| New Age Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| New American Library | first printing (month,year) or number row | ||
| New Amsterdam Book Co. | no later printings mentioned or same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| New Amsterdam Books | first printing or first published (year) | ||
| New Book Co. Ltd | first published (year) | ||
| New Century Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| New Chapter Press | number row | ||
| New Directions | early titles require specific author bibliographies; by late 1940s to 1969 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first published (year) | ||
| New Elizabethan Publishing | first edition | ||
| New England Press | through mid-1986 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition | ||
| New English Library | first published (year) or first edition (month,year) | ||
| New English Library | first published (year) or first edition (month,year) | ||
| New Era Publishing House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| New Glide Publications | No designation | ||
| New Hampshire Publishing | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| New Harbinger Publications | first printing (year) | ||
| New Leaf Press | first edition (year) | ||
| New Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| New Republic Book Co. | through November, 1980 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition with number row | ||
| New Science Library | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| New South Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| New South Wales U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| New Star Books | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| New Victoria | no later printings mentioned | ||
| New Viewpoints | number row or First New Viewpoints Edition published (year) | ||
| New World Press | first edition (year) | ||
| New York Culture Review Press | first edition | ||
| New York Graphic Society | first edition or first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| New York Historical Society | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| New York Public Library | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| New York Review Books | first printing (month,year) | ||
| New York Times Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| New York University Press | first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| New York Zoetrope | first edition with number row or first printing with number row | ||
| New Zealand Council for Educational Research | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Newcastle Publishing Co., Inc. | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Newfoundland Book Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Newman Neame | first published (month,year) | ||
| Newman Press | first printing (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Newmarket Press | first edition with number row | ||
| Newsletter Resources | first edition | ||
| Newsweek Books | first published (year) or first edition (year) | ||
| Nicholas L. Brown | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Nichols Kaye | first published | ||
| Nick Lyons Books | number row | ||
| Nighwood Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Nimbus | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Noel Douglas | published (year) | ||
| Nonesuch Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Nonpareil Books | first edition | ||
| Noonday Press | first printing (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Noontide Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Norman Fitts | colophon | ||
| Norman W. Henley Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Normandie House | first edition | ||
| Normandie Press | first edition | ||
| North-South Books | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| North American Hunting Club | number row | ||
| North Atlantic Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| North Castle Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| North Central Publishing Co. | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| North Light | first printing (year) | ||
| North Point Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| North River Press | first printing | ||
| North Star Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| North Word Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Northeastern U. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Northern Illinois U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Northland Press | to August, 1972 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition | ||
| Northwestern U. Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Northwoods Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Norton Company | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Norwood Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Noteworthy | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Novello, Ewer & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Novosti Press Agency Publishing House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Noyes Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Noyes, Platt | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| NRA Books | published (month,year) | ||
| NTC Contemporary Publishing | number row | ||
| NTC Publishing Group | number row | ||
| Nunaga Publishing | first printing (year) | ||
| O'Brien Educational | first published (year) | ||
| O'Brien Press | first published (year) | ||
| O'Sullivan | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oak Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oakwood Press | published (year) | ||
| Oasis Books | first published (year) or first printing (month,year) | ||
| Oberon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oceana | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Octagon Books | colophon | ||
| Octagon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| October House | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Octopus Books | first published (year) | ||
| Odhams Books | first published (year) | ||
| Odyssey Press | first edition or Letter line or number row | ||
| Ohara Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ohio State U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ohio University Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Old America Co. | No designation, though no later printings mentioned usually reliable | ||
| Old County Road Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Old Squire's Book Store | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oldbourne Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Olive Books of Israel/New Breed | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oliver & Boyd | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oliver Ditson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oliver Durrell | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oliver Layton Press | first published (year) | ||
| Omega | first published (year) | ||
| Omega Book Company | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ontario Film Institute | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Open Book | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Open Books | number row | ||
| Open Court Publishing | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) or first printing | ||
| Opryland U.S.A. | first printing (year) | ||
| Optimum Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association | first edition | ||
| Orange Judd | no later printings mentioned with same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Orbis (DArton, Longman & Todd) | first published (year) | ||
| Orbis Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Orchard Books | number row | ||
| Oregon Historical Society Press | number row | ||
| Oregon State U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oriel Press | first published (year) | ||
| Oriental Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Orion Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Orion Press | no later printings mentioned or first printing | ||
| Ornum Press | published (month,year) | ||
| Osborne Enterprises | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Osgood, Mcllvane | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Osprey | published (year) | ||
| Oswald L. Ziegler | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oswald Publishing | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Oswald Wolff Books | first published (year) | ||
| Ottenheimer Publishers | 1960s & earlier no later printings mentioned; 1990s first edition (year) | ||
| Otto v. Saint Whitelock | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Otto V. Whitelock | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Our Sunday Visitor Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Out and Out Books | first edition | ||
| Outdoor LiFE Books | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Outdoor World | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Outerbridge & Dienstfrey | first published (year) | ||
| Outerbridge & Lazard | first published (year) | ||
| Outing Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Outposts Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Overlook Press | first printing or first published or first edition | ||
| Overstreet | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Owl Creek Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Owlswick Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oxford Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Oxford Illustrated Press | first edition with Letter line on outside back cover | ||
| Oxford Press (Canada) | number row | ||
| Oxford Publishing | first edition with Letter line on outside back cover | ||
| Oxford U. Press (U.K. & U.S.) | same date on verso with no later printingsor no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Oxmoor House | no later printings mentioned or first printing or first printing (year) | ||
| Ozark Society | first printing (month,year) | ||
| P. A. J. Publications | first edition | ||
| P. A. Norstedf & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| P. F. Collier & son | always reprints of other publishers' originals; no designation | ||
| P. F. Volland | no later printings mentioned | ||
| P. J. Kenedy & Sons | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| P. W. Ziegler & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| P.J. McIntyre | (month,year) | ||
| Pacific Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pacific Coast Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pacific Publishing House | published with number row | ||
| Pacific Search Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Packrat Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paddington Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paddle Wheel Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Padell | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Padre Productions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pageant Press | first edition | ||
| Pagurian Press Ltd | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paine-Whitman | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paisley Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paladin Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Palisade Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pall Mall Press | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Pan American Union | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Panda Books | this Edition published (year) or first published (year) or first edition (year) | ||
| Panda Prints | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pandora Press | first published (year) | ||
| Panjandrum Books | through 1975 first edition; thereafter first printing | ||
| Pantheon Books | to circa 1964 no later printings mentioned; 1965-71 first printing or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION;1971 up first edition | ||
| Panurge Press | colophon | ||
| Paper Birch Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paper Moon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paperback Library | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Papermac | first published (year) | ||
| Papers Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Papier-Mache Press | first edition | ||
| Para Research | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paragon House | published (year) or first edition (year) with number row | ||
| Parents Magazine Press | to October, 1977 no later printings mentioned thereafter number row | ||
| Paris Book Center (N.Y.) | first published (year) | ||
| Park Lane (Crown) | Letter line | ||
| Park Street Press | number row | ||
| Parker Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Parker, Son & Brown | No designation | ||
| Parnassus Imprints | first edition | ||
| Parnassus Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Parousia Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Parry & Macmillan | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Pascal Covici | no later printings mentioned, often withfirst edition | ||
| Paschal-Sawyer Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Passport Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pastoral Educational Services | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paternoster Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Path Finder Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pathfinder | first edition (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Pathfinder (Hawaii) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Patrick Stephens | first published (year) | ||
| Paul A.Struck | first edition | ||
| Paul Elder & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paul Elder & Morgan Sheperd | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Paul Elek | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paul Hamlyn | through 1982 first printing or no later printings mentioned; thereafter first published (year) | ||
| Paul S. Eriksson | through circa 1979 no later printings mentioned or first edition; thereafter number row | ||
| Paul, Richmond & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Paulist Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pavanne | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Pavilion Books | first published (year) or first edition (year) | ||
| Payne & Lane | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Payson & Clarke | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| PBC International | number row | ||
| Peaceful Patriot Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Peachtree | first edition | ||
| Peaked Hill Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pebbles Press, Intl | first published (year) | ||
| Peerage | first published (year) | ||
| Pegasus (Bobbs Merrill) | no later printings mentioned or first printing | ||
| Pegasus Press (New Zealand) | first published (year) | ||
| Pegasus Publishing | first printing | ||
| PEGRA (Perfect-Graphic-Arts) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pelham Books | first published (year) | ||
| Pelican Books (paperback) | first published (year) or published in Pelican Books (year) | ||
| Pelican Publishing | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pelligrini & Cudahy | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pen-Ink Publishing | first edition (year) | ||
| Pendulum Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Penguin (U. K.) | published in Penguin Books (year) or first published (year) with number row | ||
| Penguin (U. S.) | first published (year) | ||
| Penmaen Press | first edition | ||
| Penn Publishing | same date on verso with no later printingsor, rarely, copyright page date one year later than title page date | ||
| Pennington Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pennsylvania State U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pennycorner Press | first edition | ||
| Pennyworth Press | no later printings mentioned with first edition in colophon on title page | ||
| Pentagram Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Penthouse Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Penzler Books | first edition with number row or first printing with number row | ||
| Pequot Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Percival Marshall | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Peregrine Books | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Peregrine Smith | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Peregrine Smith Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Perennial Library | see Summit | ||
| Performance Publishing | No designation | ||
| Pergamon-Brassey | first edition (year) | ||
| Pergamon Press | through 1964 no later printings mentioned; 1965 up first edition (year) | ||
| Perigee Books | number row | ||
| Perigord Press | first edition with number row | ||
| Periscope-Holliday | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Perishable Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Perivale Press | first published (year) | ||
| PermaBook | PermaBook Edition published (month,year) with first printing (month,year). | ||
| Permanent Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Perpetua (Barnes) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Persea Books | first printing or first edition | ||
| Personal Library, Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Peter Bedrick Books | number row | ||
| Peter Davies | first printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned or published (month,year) | ||
| Peter E. Randall | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Peter Eckler, Publisher | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Peter H. Wyden | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Peter Halban | first published (year) | ||
| Peter J. Stewart | published (month,year) | ||
| Peter Martin | to circa 1976 only second editions denoted; thereafter number row | ||
| Peter Owen | first published (year) | ||
| Peter Pauper | early editions (to 1940s) have Col; later editions are almost always reprints | ||
| Peter Smith | published (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Petersen | first printing | ||
| Petrocelli Books | number row | ||
| Petroleum Publishing | number row | ||
| Pettigrew Enterprises, Inc | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pfeifer-Hamilton | number row | ||
| Phaedra Publishers | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Phaidon Press | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pharos Books | number row | ||
| Phelps Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Philadelphia Art Alliance Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Philip Allan & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Philip S. Duschnes | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Philip Wilson Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Philipsburg Manor | first printing | ||
| Phillimore | (year)published | ||
| Phillips & Hunt | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Phillips Publishing | published (year) | ||
| Phillips, Sampson | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Philomel Books | No designation | ||
| Philosophical Library | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Philtrum Press | first printing | ||
| Phoenix Book Shop | first edition | ||
| Phoenix House | first published (year) | ||
| Phoenix Press | no later printings mentioned or first printing | ||
| Phoenix Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Piagraph | first published (year) | ||
| Pica Press | through 1979 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Picador | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| PicColo | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Pices Books | number row | ||
| Pickering & Inglis | through 1976 d on title page with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Picture Book Studio | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pierian Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pilgrim Press (United Church Press) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pilot Press | first published (year) | ||
| Pine Tree Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pineapple Press | through 1984 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition with number row | ||
| Pinnacle Books | number row | ||
| Pioneer | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Piper | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Pitkin Pictorial | first published (year) | ||
| Pitman | number row or '1.1' on verso | ||
| Planeta Guides | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Plants Alive Books | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Platt & Munk | No designation | ||
| Playboy Press | first edition | ||
| Players Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Playland Books | No designation | ||
| Playmore | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Plays, Inc. | no later printings mentioned or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION published (year) | ||
| Playtime Press | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Playwrights Canada | first edition (month,year) or first printing (month,year) | ||
| Pleiades Books | first published (year) | ||
| Plenum Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Plough Publishing House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Plowshare Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pluto Press | first published (year) | ||
| Pocket Books (hardbound) | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Pocket Books (paperback) | First Pocketbook Edition (month,year) | ||
| Pod Books | colophon | ||
| Poetry Australia | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Poetry Bookshop | published (month,year) 'A' | ||
| Poets Press | first edition | ||
| Polo Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pomegranate Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition or Colophon | ||
| Pomerica Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pond-Ekberg | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pond & Campbell | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Poolbeg Press | first published (year) | ||
| Poplar Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Popular Education Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Popular LIbrary (Eagle) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Popular Library Editions | published (month,year) | ||
| Porceplc Books | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Porpoise Press | first published (year) | ||
| Porter & Coates | No designation | ||
| Porter Sargent Publisher | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Portland House | first edition (year) with or Letter line or number row | ||
| Poseidon Press | number row | ||
| Potes & Poets Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Potomac Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Potomac Publishing | first edition | ||
| Practical Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Praeger | published (year) | ||
| Prairie School Press | published (year) | ||
| Prajna Press | first edition or first printing | ||
| Prelude Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Premier | First Premier Printing (month,year) | ||
| Prentice-Hall | no later printings mentioned or first printing or number row or first edition | ||
| Prescott Street Press | colophon | ||
| Preservation Press | to circa 1987 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Presidio Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Press of Case Western Reserve U. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Press of James A. Decker | all are firsts | ||
| Press of MacDonald & Reinecke | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Press of the Pioneers | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Press Porcepic | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Pressworks Publishing | first edition | ||
| Priam Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Price-McGill | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Price / Stern / Sloan | first printing or no later printings mentioned or first printing with number row | ||
| Price Milburn | through 1979 first published (year); thereafter only second printings denoted | ||
| Prima Publishing | number row | ||
| Primavera Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Princeton U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Printed Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Priority Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Priory Press | first printing | ||
| Prism Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Probe Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Probus Publishing | number row | ||
| Professional Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Progress Publishers | first printing (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Progressive Publishers | published (year) | ||
| Prometheus Books | published (year) with number row | ||
| Prometheus Press | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| Promontory Press | first published (year) | ||
| Proscenium Publishers | first edition | ||
| Prospect Press | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Proteus | first published (month,year) or first published (year) | ||
| Provoker Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pruett | first edition with number row | ||
| Public Affairs Institute | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Public Affairs Press | No designation | ||
| Publications International | number row | ||
| Puckerbrush Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pueblo Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pulp Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pulse-Finger Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Purdue U. Studies | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pushcart Press | first printing or first edition | ||
| Putnam & Grosset | No designation | ||
| Pylon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pyne Press | first edition | ||
| Pyramid | Pyramid Edition published (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Pythagorean Society | first edition | ||
| Q Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Quadrangle Books | first printing | ||
| QuadranglelNew York Times Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Quadriga Press | first published (year) | ||
| Quail Street Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Quality Press Ltd | first published (year) | ||
| Quartet Books | first published (year) | ||
| Queen Anne Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Querido, Publishers | No designation | ||
| Quest | first edition (year) or First Quest Book Edition (year) | ||
| Questor Educational | No designation | ||
| Quick Fox | No designation | ||
| Quill | First Quill Edition with number row | ||
| Quilt Digest Press | number row | ||
| Quinlan Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Quinnipiac Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Quixote | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Quorum Books | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Quota Press (Belfast) | first published (year) | ||
| R. & T. Washbourne | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| R. F. Fenno & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| R. H. Russell | first impression (month,year) or same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| R. H. S. Publications I Roger Schlesinger | first published (year) | ||
| R. J ames Bender Publishing | colophon | ||
| R. R. Bowker | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rabbinical Council of America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Radcraft Publications, Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Radio Replies Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Radius | first published (year) | ||
| Raduga Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rae D. Henkle | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rainbird | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Rainbow | first published (year) or published (year) | ||
| Rainier | published (month,year) | ||
| Raintree | number row | ||
| Raintree (Canada) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ralston blishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ram Press | published (month,year) | ||
| Ramapo Pess | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ramparts Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rand McNally | to 1936 no later printings mentioned or the letters 'MA' on verso; 1937-c. 1970 first printing (year) or Letter line; circa 1970 up | ||
| Rand, Avery & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Randolph-Macon College | colophon | ||
| Random House (hardbacks) | through 1967 first printing or first published (year); 1968 first printing or first edition; 1969 first printing or first edition; 1970 & up first edition. NOTE Number sequence through early 2000s, when present, never contains the number '1'; 2nd printings read '23456789' with no first edition. Starting 2002-2003, number row sometimes includes 1 and First Edition | ||
| Random House (paperbacks) | number row | ||
| Ransdell | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Raphael Tuck & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rapp & Carroll | first published (year) | ||
| Ravan Press | first impression (year) | ||
| Ravengate Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rawson Associates | first edition | ||
| Rawson Wade | first edition | ||
| Ray Long & Richard Smith | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Reader's Digest Association Books | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Reader's Digest Condensed Books | first edition | ||
| Reader's Digest Press | number row | ||
| Reader's Library | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Readers International | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Real Comet Press | first edition with number row or first edition (year) with number row | ||
| Real People Press | number row | ||
| Reconstructionist Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Red Dust | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Red Haurahan Press | first edition | ||
| Red Raven | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Red Rock Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Redemptionist Fathers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Reed Books | no later printings mentioned or first edition (month,year) | ||
| Regal Books | number row | ||
| Regan Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Regent House | first edition | ||
| Regents Press of Kansas | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Regnery-Gateway | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Reilly & Lee | no later printings mentioned or first printing | ||
| Reilly Britton | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Reinhold Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Release Press | first printing | ||
| Renaissance House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Republican Press | colophon | ||
| Research Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Research Publishing | No designation | ||
| Resiew & Herald | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Reston Publishing | number row | ||
| Rex Collings | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Reynal & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Reynal & Hitchcock | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Reynolds-DeWalt | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rhodes & McClure | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Riccardi Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rice U. Press | first edition | ||
| Rich & Cowan | first printing (year) or first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Richard G. Badger | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Richard Marek | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Richard R. Smith | same date on verso with no later printingsor first edition | ||
| Richard Smith | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Richard W. Baron | first published or first edition | ||
| Richards Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Richards Publishing (New Zealand) | first published (year) | ||
| Richards Rosen Press | first edition | ||
| Richardson & Steirman | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Richland Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rider & Co. | first published (year) | ||
| Ridge Press | No designation | ||
| Ridge Press (Simon & Schuster) | first printing | ||
| Ridge Press/Pound | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ridgeway Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rigby | first published (year) | ||
| Riggs Publishing | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rinehart | R-in-a-circle symbol on verso | ||
| Rio Grande Press | to mid-1963 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first printing | ||
| Riverhead Books | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Riverwood Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rivington, Percival & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rivingtons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rizzoli International | first edition first published (year) | ||
| Robert B. Luce | first edition | ||
| Robert Bentley | first published (year) | ||
| Robert Carruthers & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Robert Carter & Brothers | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Robert E. Krieger | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Robert Hale | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Robert J. Thompson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Robert L. Crager &. Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Robert M. McBride | first published (year) or first edition or Printing (month,year) | ||
| Robert O. Ballou | first published (year) (used inconsistently) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Robert R. Knapp | first edition | ||
| Robert Speller | first edition | ||
| Robert Triphook | no later printings mentioned | ||
| RobertJ. Shores | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Roberts Brothers | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Roberts RinehArt | first edition | ||
| Robertson & Mullens | no later printings mentioned | ||
| RobertWelch | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Robson Books | first published (year) | ||
| Rockliff Publishing Corp. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rockport Press | first edition | ||
| Rocky Ledge Cottage Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rocky Mountain Writers Guild | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rodale Press | through 1979 first printing or no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Roerich Museum Press | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rolling Stone Press | number row | ||
| Rolton House | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Ronald Flatteau & Co. | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Ronald Press | no later printings mentioned or Roman 'I' on verso | ||
| Ronin Publishing | First Ronin Printing (year) | ||
| Rose Communications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rosen Publishing Group | first edition | ||
| Roserich Designs | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ross & Haines | first edition | ||
| Rossel Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Roth Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Round Table Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Roundtable Publishing | first printing (year) | ||
| Roundwood Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Routledge & Kegan (Paul) | first published (year) | ||
| Routledge, Chapman & Hall | first published (year) | ||
| Rovi | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Row, Peterson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rowland Ward | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rowman & Littlefield | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Roy Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Royalton College Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rudo S. Globus | first edition | ||
| Rudolf Steiner | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rumford Publishing Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Runa Press | No designation | ||
| Running Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition with number row | ||
| Rupert Hart-Davis | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Russell Sage Foundation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rutgers U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Rutledge Books | published (year) | ||
| Rutledge Hill Press | number row | ||
| Rydal Press | colophon | ||
| Ryerson Press | published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| S. B. Gundy | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| S. B. S. Publishing, Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| S. C. Griggs & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| S. E. Maxwell | first printing (month,year) | ||
| S. Evelyn Thomas | no later printings mentioned | ||
| S. G. Phillips | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sagamore Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sage Booksl Alan Swallow | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sage Publications | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Saiga Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| SAIL Books | first published (year) | ||
| Sailors Bookshelf | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saint Andrew Press | first published (year) | ||
| Saint Anselm College Press | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Saint Anthony Guild or Messenger Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saint Botolph Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saint James Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saint Luke's Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saint Martin's Press | no later printings mentioned; ca. 1982-1989, first edition with number row; 1990s first edition (month,year) with number row or first edition with number row | ||
| Saint Mary's College Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saint Mary's Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saint Paul Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saint Paul Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Salamander Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Salem House | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Salmon Brook Historical Society | first printing | ||
| Saltillo Press | number row | ||
| Saltire Society | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Samisdat | No indication of printings within an edition | ||
| Saml. Gabriel Sons & Co. | No designation | ||
| Sampson Low, MArtson & Co. | No designation | ||
| Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sampson, Low, Son & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| SAMS Publishing | first edition with number row | ||
| Samuel Curl | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Samuel French | No designation; for hardbacks, usually no later printings mentioned | ||
| Samuel H. Kress Foundation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Samuel Weiser | first published (year) | ||
| San Francisco Book Co. | number row | ||
| San Francisco Press | first published (year) | ||
| Sanderson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sandlapper Press | first edition | ||
| Sandown Books (Shamrock Publishing) | number row | ||
| Sands & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sang-E-Meel Publications | first edition (year) | ||
| Saturday Review Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition with number row | ||
| Saunders Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saunders Studio Press | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Savoyard | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Saxon House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Scala Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Scandinavian Alliance Mission | published (year) | ||
| Scarecrow Press | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Sceptre Press | first published (year) | ||
| Schenkman Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Schiffer Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Schneidereith & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Schocken | through 1977 usually no later printings mentioned, but, rarely, first edition (year); 1978-86 first published (year) with number row; thereafter first edition | ||
| Scholars Press | No indication of printings within an edition | ||
| Scholartis Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Scholastic Magazines | through 1974 code x/xx1 on verso withlast digit a '1'; thereafter number row | ||
| Sci-Tech Communication Services | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Science & Behavior Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Science History Publications | first published (year) | ||
| Science House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Scientific Sports | number row | ||
| SCM Press | first published (year) | ||
| Scoiety of Johrei | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Scorpion Press | first published (month,year) | ||
| Scott, Foresman & Co. | number row on last page | ||
| Scottish Academic Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Scream Press | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Scribe Publications | first printing (year) | ||
| Scribner's | through 1929 same date on verso with no later printingsor no later printings mentioned; 1930-73 'A' on verso; in later years, the form extended to 'A-O.OO (X)' with the numbers and letter in parentheses designating the date and location of printer; 1 | ||
| Scribner, Armstrong & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Scrimshaw Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Scroll Publishing | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Sea Cliff Press, Ltd | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sea Horse Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seabury Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition published (year) | ||
| Seagull Books | first published (year) | ||
| Seal Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seal Press | first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Seamark Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Sears | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seaver Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Seaview (Putnam) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seaview Books | first edition | ||
| Second Coming Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sedgewood Press | number row | ||
| Seeley & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seeley, Service & Co. | same date on verso with no later printingsor later printings stated by date after printer's name at end of book | ||
| Seeley, Service & Cooper | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Self-Realization Fellowship | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Selwyn & Blount | first printing (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seminary Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sepher-Hermon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Serendipity Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Serif Books | first published (year) | ||
| Serpent's Tail | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Servant Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seven Arts | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seven Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seven Seas Press | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Seven Stories Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Seventies Press | published (month,year) | ||
| Sever & Francis | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Severn House | first edition (year) | ||
| Seymour Lawrence | first edition or first printing | ||
| Shakespeare Head Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Shambhala | through 1987 first printing or first edition or no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition | ||
| Shameless Hussy Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Shank Painter | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Shapolsky Publishers | number row or first edition (year) | ||
| Sharon Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Shearwater Press | first edition with number row | ||
| Sheed & Ward (U. K.) | first published (month,year) | ||
| Sheed & Ward (U. S.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sheed Andrews & McMeel | no later printings mentioned or first printing (month,year) | ||
| Sheep Meadow Press | first printing | ||
| Sheingola Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Shelbourne Press | first printing | ||
| Sheldon & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sheldon Press | first published (year) | ||
| Shengold | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Shepheard-Walwyn | first published (year) | ||
| Sherbourne Press | first printing or first edition | ||
| Sheridan House | same date on verso with no later printingsor no later printings mentioned; some very popular titles may not be identified as 2nd or later printings | ||
| Sherman, French | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Shikmoaa | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Shilo | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Shoal Creek | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Shoe String Press | No indication of printings within an edition | ||
| Shorecrest | first published (year) or first printing | ||
| Shorewood Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sidereal Press (Richard F. Baron) | first published (year) | ||
| Sidgwick & Jackson | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Sierra Club Books | number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sigma Books | first published (year) | ||
| Signature Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Signet | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Silas Newton | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Silent Partner | first edition | ||
| Silver Bay Association | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Silver Burdett Press | number row | ||
| Silver Moon Press | first edition (year) with number row | ||
| Silver, Burdett & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Silver, Burdett & Ginn | Letter line on last page | ||
| Silvermine Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Simmons-Boardman | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Simon & Flynn | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Simon & Schuster | a few titles in the 1930s show a series of dots or asterisks beneath the copyright statement to indicate additional printings to circa 1951 same date on verso with no later printings mentioned; 1952 to mid-1973 first printing or first printing (year); After, Number row | ||
| Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Singing Horse Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Skeffington & Son | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Skelton Robinson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Skotaville Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Skylight Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sleepy Hollow Press | first printing | ||
| Sleepy Hollow Restorations | first printing | ||
| Small-Arms Technical Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Small, Maynard & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Smart Set Publishing | published (month,year) | ||
| Smith & Durrell | usually no later printings mentioned | ||
| Smith & Sale | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Smith, Elder & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Smithmark | published (year) | ||
| Smiths, Inc. | first edition | ||
| Smithsonian Exposition Books | first edition | ||
| Smithsonian Institution | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Soaring Press | first edition (year) | ||
| Soaring Society of America | first printing (year) | ||
| Social Sciences Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Society for the Propagation of the Faith | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Society of American Foresters | published (year) on title page | ||
| Soho Book Co. | published (year) | ||
| Soho Press | first edition | ||
| SoMa | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Something Else Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Sophia Institute | number row | ||
| South End Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition first published | ||
| South Head Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| South Street Seaport Museum | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Southern Illinois U. Press | to circa 1985 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Southern Methodist U. Press | to April 1987 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first edition (year) | ||
| Southern Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Southwest Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Southworth-Anthoensen Press | colophon or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Southworth Press | colophon | ||
| Souvenir Press | first published (year) | ||
| Sovereign | number row | ||
| Sparrell Art Co. | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Sparrow Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Spartan Books | number row | ||
| Spectator Company | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Spectrum (Prentice-Hall) | number row | ||
| Sphere Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sphinx Press | first edition | ||
| Spinsters I Aunt Lute Book Co. | through 1981 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Spinsters, Ink | first edition | ||
| Spiritual Science Library | first edition | ||
| Spon & Chamberlain | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Spoon River Press | first published (year) or first published (month,year) | ||
| Spoon Wood Press | first published (year) | ||
| Spring Books | published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Spring Creek Press | through 1986 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Springer-Verlag | number row | ||
| Squadron / Signal Publications | first published (year) or number row or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stackpole Books | through 1978 No consistent designation; 1978-86 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Stackpole Sons | no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first edition | ||
| Stadia | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stadia Sports | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Stainer & Bell | No indication of printings within an edition | ||
| StalwArt Enterprises | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Standard Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stanford Maritime | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stanford U. Press | no later printings mentioned or published (month,year) | ||
| Stanley Baker | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stanley Paul | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Stanton & Lee | colophon or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stanwix House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Star Publishing | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Starling Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Starr Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Starr King Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| State Historical Society of Wisconsin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| State University of New York Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Station Hill | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stearn Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stein & Day | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Steiner Books | first edition | ||
| Stemmer House | first edition | ||
| Stephen-Paul Publishers | first printing or first edition | ||
| Stephen Daye Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stephen Greene Press | number row or first printing or first edition | ||
| Sterling | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stewart & Kidd | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Stewart, Tabori & Chang | number row or published (year) with number row | ||
| Stillpoint Publishing | first printing with number row | ||
| Stoddart | first published (year) | ||
| Stoeger | first printing (month,year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stone & Kimball | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Stone House Publishing | first edition (year) | ||
| Stone Wall Press | first printing (month,year) or first printing | ||
| Stone.& Cox | first published (year) | ||
| Stonehill | first printing | ||
| Stonevale Press | published (year) | ||
| Stoneydale Press Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Storecast Corp. | published (year) | ||
| Storey Communications | no later printings mentioned or first printing (month,year) | ||
| Storm Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stormline Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Story Line Press | first printing | ||
| Storyfold | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Straight Arrow Books | generally no later printings mentioned, but a Few first printing or first edition | ||
| Stratford Company | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Stratford Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Strawberry Hill Press | to circa 1980 first printing (month,year);thereafter no later printings mentioned | ||
| Strawberry Press | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Street & Massey | first published (month,year) | ||
| Streiffert & Co. | first printing | ||
| Strether & Swann | first edition | ||
| Strickland & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Stuart Art Gallery | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Student Publishing | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Studio Limited | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Studio Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Studio Vista | first published (year) | ||
| Sturgis & Walton | published (month,year)with same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Stuyvesant Press | first edition | ||
| Suffolk House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Suffolk Records Society | first published (year) | ||
| Sully & Kleinteich | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Summer House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Summerfield Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| SummitBooks (Australia) | first published (year) | ||
| SummitBooks (U.S.) | number row or first edition | ||
| Sun Dial Press | always reprints of other Publishers' originals 'Reprint Edition (year)' with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sun Publishing | no later printings mentioned or first printing (year) | ||
| Sun River Press | No designation | ||
| Sun&Moon | first edition with number row first editionpublished (month,year) with number row | ||
| Sunburst Books | first edition or first printing | ||
| Sunday School Times | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sunday Times Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sundial (U. K.) | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Sundial Books (U. S.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sunnyside | first printing | ||
| Sunset Books | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Sunstone Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Superior Publishing | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Surrey Books | first edition with number row | ||
| Susquehanna U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sussex U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Suttonhouse | to 4/30/1936 same date on verso with no later printings; thereafter first edition | ||
| Swallow Press | first edition or first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Swannet Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Swedenborg Foundation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Sweet Springs Press | first edition with number row | ||
| Sycamore Island Books | first edition | ||
| Sydney U. Press | first published (year) | ||
| Sylvan Press | first published (year) or first published (month,year) | ||
| Syndicate Publishing Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Syracuse U, Press | through 1986 first edition or no later printings mentioned thereafter first published (year)first edition with number row | ||
| T. & T. Clark | first printing (year) | ||
| T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| T. F. H. Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| T. Fisher Unwin | first published (year) | ||
| T. N. Foulis | published (month,year) or first published (m,day,y) | ||
| T. S. Denison & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| T. Werner Laurie | first published (year) | ||
| T.J. McBride & Son | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| TAB Books | first edition with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tabard Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tabb House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Take Five Productions | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Talbot Press | first published (year) withy at bottom of title page | ||
| Talisman Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Talmy, Franklin Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| Talon Books | (month) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tamarack Press | first printing (year) | ||
| Tamarisk Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| TAN Books & Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tandem Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tandem Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tansy Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tantivy Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Taplinger Publishing | first edition or, for Books previously published abroad first published (year) | ||
| Target Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tashmoo Press | first printing (year) | ||
| Tatsch Associates | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Taunton Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Taylor Publishing | first edition with number row or number row | ||
| Technical Publishing Company | first edition (year) | ||
| Technology Press of M. I. T. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Telegraph Press | to 1936 first edition*; thereafter no later printings mentioned | ||
| Templar Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Temple House Books | first published (year) | ||
| Temple Press Books | first published (year) | ||
| Temple Smith | first published (year) | ||
| Temple U. Press | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| Templegate | first published (year) | ||
| Tempo Books | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Tempus Books | number row | ||
| Ten Speed Press | through circa 1985 No designation; thereafter number row | ||
| Texas A. & M. U. Press | first edition | ||
| Texas Center for Writers Press | first edition | ||
| Texas Christian U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Texas Monthly Press | through summer 1980 first edition (month,year); thereafter Letter line | ||
| Texas Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Texas Tech U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Texas Western Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Texian Press | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Textile Foundation | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thames & Hudson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thayer & Eldridge | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| The Arnold Co. | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| The Clique | no later printings mentioned | ||
| The Design Council | first edition (year) or first published (year) | ||
| The Eucalyptus Press | colophon | ||
| The Graded Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| The Judaica Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| The Smith | first edition (month,year) or first edition (year) | ||
| The Third Press | first printing or first printing (year) | ||
| Theatre Arts Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Theatrical Ink Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Theodore Presser | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Theosophical Publishing House | first edition (year) orsame date on verso with no later printings | ||
| thereafter | first printing | ||
| thereafter | first printing (year) or first edition with number row | ||
| Third World Media | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thistledown Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomas Bouregy & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomas Hale | first edition | ||
| Thomas Jefferson Memorial Assoc | no later printings mentioned on title page | ||
| Thomas Jefferson University Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomas More Association | No designation | ||
| Thomas More Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomas Mosher | same date on verso with no later printingsor colophone at front of book | ||
| Thomas Nelson & Sons | first edition or first impression or first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomas Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomas Seltzer | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Thomas Todd Company | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomas Whittaker | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomas Y. Crowell | no later printings mentioned or first printing or first edition with number row or, as early as 1947 number row | ||
| Thomas Yoseloff | first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomasson-Grant | number row | ||
| Thomond Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thomsen-Ellis Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thorndike Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thornton Butterworth | first published (year) | ||
| Thorson's | first published (month,year) or first published (year) | ||
| Three Continents Press | first edition | ||
| Thunder's Mouth Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Thurman Publishing | number row | ||
| Ticknor | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ticknor & Fields | same date on verso with no further printings | ||
| Ticknor, Reed & Fields | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Tidal Press | No designation | ||
| Tidewater | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Timber Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Time- Life Books | through 1975 a single hourglass symbol 0 Roman 'I'on last page next to 'Printed in U.S.A. thereafter N or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Time Being Books | first edition first printing (month,year) | ||
| Times Books | no later printings mentioned or, early 1980s number row | ||
| Times Change Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Timescape (Simon & Schuster) | number row | ||
| Timewindow Publications | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Tinicum Press | first edition | ||
| Tioga Publishing | first printing | ||
| Todd & Honeywell | first edition | ||
| Tokuma Shoten | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Tom Doherty Associates | first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Tom Stacey | published (year) | ||
| Tomahawk Publishing | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Tongg Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tooth of Time Books | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| TOR Books | number row or first edition (month,year) with number row | ||
| Torch Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tormont | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Touchstone (Simon & Schuster) | First Touchstone Printing or First Touchstone Edition (year) with number row | ||
| Touchstone Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Touchstone Publishing | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Tower Books (World) | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Tradewinds | first editionpublished (year) | ||
| Trafalgar Square Publishing | first edition first published (year) | ||
| Trail's End | first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Transaction Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Transatlantic Arts | first edition (year) or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (year) | ||
| Transworld Publishers | first published (year) | ||
| Travelers Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Traveller's Press | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Traversity Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Treacle Press | first edition | ||
| Treasure Press | published (year) or first published (year) | ||
| Treasure Tower | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Treeroots Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Trend House | usually no later printings mentioned | ||
| Triad Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| TriAm Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Triangle Books | always reprints of other publishers' originals; published (month,year) | ||
| Tribute | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Trident Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Trigon Press | first published (year) | ||
| Trinity Communications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Triumph Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Triune Books | first published (year) | ||
| Troubador Press | number row or first edition with number row | ||
| Truman Talley | first edition with number row . | ||
| Truth Forum | first edition published (year) | ||
| Tsunami Editions | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tudor Publishing | first published (month,year) | ||
| Tufts U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tundra Books (Montreal) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tundra Books of Northern New York | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Tupper & Love | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Turner | to 1934 published (month,year); 1935 up no later printings mentioned | ||
| Turner Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Turnstone Press | first published (year) | ||
| Turoe Press | published (year) | ||
| Turtle Bay (Random House) | first edition with number row | ||
| Turtle Island Foundation | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Turtle Point Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| TV Books | number row | ||
| Twayne | through 1975 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first printing or number row | ||
| Twentieth Century Fund | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Twenty-Third Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Twin Circle Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Twin Oaks Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Two Continents | No designation | ||
| Tycooly Publishing | first published (year) | ||
| Tyndale House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| U. S. Naval Institute | no later printings mentioned | ||
| UCA Books | number row | ||
| Underwood-Miller | first edition | ||
| Unicorn Press (U. K.) | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Unicorn Press (U. S.) | colophon | ||
| Union of American Hebrew Congregations | no later printings mentioned | ||
| United Church Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| United Nations | no later printings mentioned | ||
| United Synagogue of America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Unity Press | through circa 1980 No indication; thereafter first edition with number row | ||
| Universal Fellowship Press | first printing | ||
| Universal Library (Grosset & Dunlap) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Universe Books | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| University Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Alabama Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Alaska Press | first printing or no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Arizona Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Arkansas Press | through 1985 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| University of British Columbia Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Calgary Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of California Press | through circa 1979 same date on verso with no later printingsor no later printings mentioned or first published (year); thereafter number row; paperbacks First Paperbound Edition (year) | ||
| University of Central Florida | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Chicago Press | published (year) or no later printings mentioned or number row; paperbacks first edition (year) | ||
| University of Connecticut Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Delaware Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Denver Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Georgia Press | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| University of Hawaii | first edition | ||
| University of Illinois Press | 1918-50 single date of publication; thereafter no later printings mentioned; 1980s up number row | ||
| University of Iowa Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of London Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Massachusetts Press | No indication of printings in an edition | ||
| University of Miami Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Michigan Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Minnesota Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Missouri Press | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| University of Nebraska Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of New Hampshire Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of New Mexico Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of North Carolina Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of North Florida Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Notre Dame Press | No designation, but typically no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Oklahoma Press | to circa 1941 first edition (month,year); 1942-75 first edition; 1976 up first edition with no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Pennsylvania Press | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Pittsburgh Press | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| University of Queensland Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Rhode Island Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of South Carolina Press | first edition | ||
| University of South Dakota Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of South Florida Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Tennessee Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| University of Texas Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) | ||
| University of Toronto Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Utah Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Vermont Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Wales Press | colophon with no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Washington Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of West Florida Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University of Western Australia Press | first published (year) | ||
| University of Wisconsin Press | through summer, 1988 first printing; thereafter number row | ||
| University Press of Africa | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University Press of America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University Press of Hawaii | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) or number row | ||
| University Press of Kansas | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University Press of Kentucky | No designation | ||
| University Press of Liverpool | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University Press of Mississippi | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University Press of New England | through 19S6 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| University Press of Virginia | first published (year) | ||
| University Press of Washington, D. C. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University Presses of Florida | no later printings mentioned | ||
| University Publishers | first printing (year) | ||
| University Society | until mid-1970s no later printings mentioned; thereafter a code number of four digits, the last of which must be a'1' or first edition no later printings mentioned; thereafter a code number of four digits, the last of which must be a'1' or First Edit | ||
| Unwin Hyman (U. K.) | first published (year) | ||
| Unwin Hyman (U. S.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Urban & Schwarzenberg | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Urban Institute | code letter' A' within a series such as A/SO/2M | ||
| Ure Smith | since 1960 first edition or first published (year) | ||
| Urizen Books | first printing | ||
| Vagrom Chap Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Valentine-Newman | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vallentine, Mitchell & Co. | first published (year) | ||
| Van Cortlandt Manor | first printing | ||
| Van Duren Publishers | first published (day,month,year) | ||
| Van Nostrand | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Van Nostrand Reinhold | through 1969 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Vancouver Community Press | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Vanderbilt U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vanguard Press | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Vantage Press | first edition | ||
| VanVactor & Goodheart | first printing (year) | ||
| Vedanta Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition (year) | ||
| Veeder-'Root | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vendome Press | published (year) | ||
| Ventana Press | first edition or first edition first printing | ||
| Ventura Associates | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Veritas | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vermont Book Shop | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vermont Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vermont Life | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Verso | first published (year) | ||
| Vestal Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Victor Books (Scripture Press) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Victor Gollancz | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Victoria & Albert Museum | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Victory Publishing | number row | ||
| Vikas Publishing House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Viking Kestrel (U.S. & U.K.) | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Viking Penguin | first published (year) or first published (year) with number row | ||
| Viking Portable Library | first published (year) | ||
| Viking Press | earliest titles no later printings mentioned; 1937 up first published (year) or published (year) or first published (month,year) or first edition with number row; NOTE in 1980s,number row, with lowest number 2, does not appear until 2nd and later printi | ||
| Viking Studio Books | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Villard Books | first edition, or rarely, number row only; otherwise number row string does not have '1'; 2nd printings read '23456789' witho first edition | ||
| Vintage (Random House) | first edition with number row | ||
| Vinyl Shower | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Virago Press | published (year) | ||
| Virginia Center for the Creative Arts | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Virtue & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Visa Books | first published (year) | ||
| Vision Press Ltd. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vixen | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vizetelly & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Volcano Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Vora & Co. | first edition (month,year) | ||
| W. & A. K.Johnston Ltd | first published (year) | ||
| W. & G. Foyle | first published | ||
| W. & R. Chambers | before 1957 no later printings mentioned or 'original edition';1957 up first published (year) or 'original edition' | ||
| W. A. Benjamin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| W. A. Butterfield | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| W. A. Wilde | no later printings mentioned | ||
| W. B. Clarke Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| W. B. Conkey Co. | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| W. B. Saunders Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| W. Collins, Son & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| W. Frick Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| W. H. & L. Collingridge Ltd. | first published (year) | ||
| W. H. Allen | first edition (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| W. H. Freeman | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| W. Heffer & Sons | before 1930 no consistent method, but generally no later printings mentioned; 1930 up no later printings mentioned or, rarely, first published (year) | ||
| W. S. Williams & Co. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| W. W. Norton | first edition or first edition with number row or N | ||
| W.H. Anderson Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| W~st Highland Publishing | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Wadsworth | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Waikiki | first printing (year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wake-Brook House | first edition | ||
| Wake Forest U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Walden Publications | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Walker & Co. | published (year) or first published (year) or first printing (year) with number row | ||
| Walkers Club of America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Walking News | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Walnut Hill Books | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Walter J. Black | usually reprints of other publishers' originals; no later printings mentioned | ||
| Walter Neale | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Walton Beacham | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Ward Ritchie Press | first edition or first printing (month,year) | ||
| Ward, Lock & Co. | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Warner Books | number row or first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| Warner Paperback Library | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Warren H. Green | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wartburg Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Washington Square Press | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Washington Star | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Water Row Press | first edition | ||
| Watermark Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Watson-Guptill | first published (year) or first printing (year) | ||
| Waverly House | number row or first printing | ||
| Way & Williams | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Wayland Publishers | first published (year) | ||
| Wayne L. McNaughton | sequence of three numbers separated by decimal points with the center number being a '1' | ||
| Wayne State U. Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| WayneBooks | no later printings mentioned | ||
| WCC Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Weathercock House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Weathermark Editions | first edition (month,year) | ||
| Weathervane Books | Letter line | ||
| Webb & Bower | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Webb Publishing | first edition | ||
| Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wellfleet | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Welmont Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Werner | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wesleyan University Press | first edition | ||
| West Coast Poetry Review Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| West Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Westchester House | first edition | ||
| Western Islands | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Western Producer Prairie Books | through early 1989 no later printings mentioned; therafter number row | ||
| Western Publishing | Letter line on verso, Title page or last page | ||
| Westernlore Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Westfield State College | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Westminster Press | through 1973 No consistent designation, but generally no later printings mentioned | ||
| Westview Press | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| Westwater Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Weybright & Talley | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Whe.atsheaf Books | first published (year) with number row | ||
| Wheaton | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wheaton College Bookstore | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Whitcombe & Tombs | first published (year) | ||
| Whitcoulls | first published (year) | ||
| White Eagle | no later printings mentioned | ||
| White Lion | no later printings mentioned | ||
| White Mane Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| White Pine Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| White Rose Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Whitford Press (Schiffer) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Whitney Library of Design | first published (year) | ||
| Whittet & Shepperson | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Whittle Direct Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Whittlesey House | thru 1930s first edition or first printing; thereafter no later printings mentioned | ||
| Widescope International | first published (year) | ||
| Wideview Books | First Wideview Edition (month,year) | ||
| Wilcox & Follett | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wild & Woolley | no later printings mentioned or number row | ||
| Wild Goose Press | first edition | ||
| Wildcat Canyon Press | number row | ||
| Wilderness Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wiley-Interscience | number row | ||
| Wilfred Funk | no later printings mentioned or first edition | ||
| Will Ransom | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Willett, Clark | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Willett, Clark & Colby | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Willey Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William-Frederick Press | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Abrahams | first edition | ||
| William B. Eerdmans | no later printings mentioned or published (year) . | ||
| William Blackwood & Sons | through 1980 no later printings mentioned withdate on title page; thereafter first published (year) | ||
| William Briggs | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Carey Library | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Collins (Australia) | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| William Collins (U. S.) | first published (year) | ||
| William Collins Sons & Co. | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| William Edwin Rudge | same date on verso with no later printingsor, occasionally, title page date one year later than copyright page date with colophon at end of book | ||
| William Faro | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Godwin | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William H. Coleman | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| William H. Sadlier | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Heinemann | through 1921 no later printings mentioned; thereafter first published (year) | ||
| William Hodge & Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Kaufmann | number row | ||
| William Kimber | first published (year) | ||
| William L. Bauhan | first edition or no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Morrow | to 1973 no later printings mentioned, or, rarely first printing (year);1974 up number row or first edition with number row | ||
| William N. Judson | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Penn | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Pierce | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| William R. Scott | first edition or no later printings mentioned; 1947 up No designation | ||
| William S. Sullwold | no later printings mentioned | ||
| William Sloane | to circa 1970s first printing or no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Williams & Norgate | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Williams & Wilkins | no later printings mentioned or published (month,year) | ||
| Williamson & Co. (Toronto) | same date on verso with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Willing Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Willow Books | first published (year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Willow Creek Press | published (month,year) | ||
| Wills & Hepworth Ltd | first published (year) | ||
| Wilshire Book Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wilson-Erickson, Inc. | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Wilton House Gentry | first published (year) | ||
| Winchester Press | through 1979 no later printings mentioned; thereafter number row | ||
| Windship Press | first edition with number row | ||
| Windsor & Kenfield | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Windswept Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Windward House | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wine Appreciation Guild | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wingbow Press | no later printings mentioned or first edition or first printing | ||
| Wings Books | number row | ||
| Wings Press | first printing (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Winston-Derek | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Winter House | first edition | ||
| Wisconsin House | first edition | ||
| Wise & Co. | same date on verso with/or no later printings mentioned | ||
| WishArt & Co | first published (year) or no later printings mentioned | ||
| Witkower Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wittenborn Art Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wizards Bookshelf | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wm C. Brown Co. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wm. H. Wise | some titles have first edition (month,year) but more typically no designation | ||
| Wnterthur Museum | first printing (year) | ||
| Wolfhound Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Woman's Press | no later printings mentioned or first published (year) | ||
| Woman's Temperance Publication Assoc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wood & Holbrook | same date on verso with no later printings | ||
| Wood Lake Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wood Pond Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Woodbine House | number row | ||
| Woodbridge Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Woodford | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Word Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Word Publishing | number row | ||
| Workers Library Publishers | published (month,year) | ||
| Workman | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| World Flight | no later printings mentioned | ||
| World Music Press | first printing (month,year) with number row | ||
| World Publishing | first edition or first printing | ||
| World Service Office | no later printings mentioned | ||
| World Wide Productions | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Worldwide Library | (month,year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Worldwide Mysteries | (month,year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Worldwide Science Fiction | (month,year) with no later printings mentioned | ||
| Worth Publishers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Wright Enterprises | first edition | ||
| Write Way Publishing | number row | ||
| Writer's Digest Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Writer, Inc. | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Writers & Readers Publishing Cooperative | first published (year) | ||
| Wyden Books | first edition | ||
| Wyeth Press | number row | ||
| Wyndam (Simon & Schuster) | number row | ||
| Xanadu Publications | only second editions are denoted | ||
| Yachting Publishing | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Yale Center for International & Area Studies | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Yale University Press | first published (month,year)
or no later printings mentioned or, from app 1985 number row;
paperbacks Issued (month,year) |
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| Yankee Inc., Yankee Books | through 1979 No indication of
printings with an edition;
thereafter first edition with no later printings mentioned |
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| Yardstick Press | first printing | ||
| Ye Galleon Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Yoknapatawpha Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Young Scott Books | no later printings mentioned or published (year) | ||
| Your Heritage Books | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Yuval Tal Ltd | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Z Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Zebra Books (Kensington Publishing) | first printing (month,year) | ||
| Zephyr Press | first edition | ||
| Zephyrus Press | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Zero Press | first edition | ||
| Ziesling Brothers | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Ziff-Davis (U. K.) | first published (year) | ||
| Ziff-Davis (U.S.) | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Zionist Organization of America | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Zoland Books | first edition published (year} | ||
| Zondervan | no later printings mentioned | ||
| Zone Books | no later printings mentioned | ||