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First edition most often refers to the first commercial publication of a work between its own covers, even if it was first printed in a periodical: the complete text of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea appeared in the September 1, 1952, issue of Life, yet the generally accepted "first" edition is the hardcover book Scribner’s ...
Guide to Reference Books (9th ed.). Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 978-0838902059. Originally compiled by Alice B. Kroeger for first two editions beginning in 1902. Subsequently, edited by Isadore Gilbert Mudge (3rd through 6th editions) and Constance Mabel Winchell (7th and 8th editions). Totok, Wilhelm; Weitzel, Rolf (1984–1985).
The title-page of the Shakespeare First Folio, 1623 Single folio from a large Qur'an, North Africa, 8th c. (Khalili Collection). The term "folio" (from Latin folium 'leaf' [1]) has three interconnected but distinct meanings in the world of books and printing: first, it is a term for a common method of arranging sheets of paper into book form, folding the sheet only once, and a term for a book ...
[3] [6] The first edition of the APA Publication Manual was published in 1952 as a 61-page supplement to the Psychological Bulletin, [7] [8] marking the beginning of a recognized "APA style". [3] The initial edition went through two revisions: one in 1957, and one in 1967. [3] Subsequent editions were released in 1974, 1983, 1994, 2001, 2009 ...
Indexes are commonly provided in many types of reference work. Updated editions are published as needed, in some cases annually. In comparison, a reference book or reference-only book in a library is one that may only be used in the library and not borrowed from the library. Many such books are reference works (in the first sense) which are ...
The Palm edition supports limited HTML (e.g., no tables or fonts), and CSS support is missing. For Symbian there is only the older TomeRaider2 format, which does not render images or offer category search facilities. Despite these differences any TomeRaider e-book can be browsed on all supported platforms.
Reference notes. A reference card or reference sheet (or quick reference card) or crib sheet is a concise bundling of condensed notes about a specific topic, such as mathematical formulas [1] to calculate area/volume, or common syntactic rules and idioms of a particular computer platform, application program, or formal language.
The series, preceded_by, and followed_by fields in Template:Infobox book are intended for novels that are part of a series (including sequels). As outlined in the template instructions, these fields should not be used for standalone books or to indicate a chronological connection between unrelated works.