Abbrevations

used in the Catalog of Copyright Entries

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

(A)

--author

a.k.a.

--also known as

(C)

-- child or children of the deceased

©

-- copyright claimed by

ca.

-- circa

comp.

-- compiler, compiled by

d.b.a.

-- doing business as

(E)

-- executor(s) of the author

ed.

-- edited by, editor, edition

(NK)

-- next of kin of the author who is not living, there being no will

p.

-- page, pages

(P)

-- proprietor of a commercial print or label

(PCB)

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

(PCW)

-- proprietor of a composite work

(PPW)

-- proprietor of a posthumous work

pseud.

-- pseudonym

(PWH)

-- proprietor of copyright in a work made for hire

rev.

-- revised by, reviser, revision

t.a.

-- trading as

tr.

-- translater, translated by

v., vol.

-- volume, volumes

(W)

-- widow of the author

(Wr)

-- widower of the author