Cataloguing rules: author and title entries / compiled by committees of the American library association of the Library association.

Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Cataloguing rules: author and title entries / compiled by committees of the American library association of the Library association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Compiler. One who produces a work by collecting and putting together written or printed matter from various sources. Compound name. A name formed from two or more proper names, often con- nected by a hyphen, a conjunction, or a preposition. Continuation, i A work published as a supplement to one previously issued. 2 A part issued in continuance of a serial or a book. Corporate entry. Entry under the names of bodies or organizations for works published in their name or by their authority. Cover-title^ The title printed on the original covers of a book or lettered on the publisher’s binding, as distinguished from the title lettered on the back .of a particular copy of the book by the binder. (c]. Binder’s title) Date, i Imprint date. The year of publication as specified on the title-page. 2 Copyright date. The date of copyright as given in the book, as a rule on the back of the title-page. 3 Preface date. The date given at the beginning or end of the preface. 4 Colophon date. The date given in the colophon. Dissertation, Academic. An essay or treatise presented by a candidate in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, {cf. Program dissertations) Edition. The whole number of copies printed from the same set of types and issued at the same time. Editor. One who prepares for publication a work or collection of works not his own. The editorial labor may be limited to the preparation of the matter for the printer, or it may include supervision of the printing, revision (restitution) or elucidation of the text, and the addition of introductions, notes and other critical matter. Entry. The record of a book in a catalogue or list. See also Main entry, Added entry, Title entry, Analytical entry, Series entry. Entry word. The word by which the entry is arranged in the catalogue. The first word of the heading. (cf. Heading) Folio, i Size: according to the American Library Association scale, a book above 30 cm. in height. 2 Format: a book printed on sheets folded once, making two leaves, or four pages. 3 The separate leaves of a book, as folio 1, folio 2, etc., whether numbered or unnumbered; or the whole number, as 10, 50, 100 folios, etc. Frontispiece. A plate or other illustration facing (or preceding) the title-page. Sometimes used to designate an engraved title-page. Half-title. A brief title, usually without author’s name or imprint, printed on a leaf preceding the imiii title-page; called also bastard title. Head-line. The line at the top of the page giving the title of the book or the subject of the chapter or of the page. {cf. Running title, Caption) Heading. The word (or words) by which the alphabetic place of an entry in the catalogue is determined, generally the name of the author, the subject, or'the first word, not an article, of the title, {cf. Entry word)