General Information

Definition

An edition statement is a numbered or unnumbered statement which identifies a particular version of an item. All copies of that version are made from the same master copy and are issued by the same entity. In case of doubt about whether a statement is an edition statement, take the presence of such words as edition, issue or version (or their equivalents in other languages) as evidence that it is an edition statement.

The difference between an edition and a reprint or printing must be clearly understood. A reprint is a new printing of an item made from the original type image. The reprint may reproduce the original exactly (an impression) or it may contain minor but well-defined variations (an issue). A printing or impression is defined as all copies of a particular edition of a book printed at one time.

Source of information

The edition statement is most often found on the chief source: title page or verso or its substitute: other preliminaries, cover or colophon. Do not bracket information taken from sources other than the title page but bracket information taken from the dust jacket.

Indicators and subfields

The indicators are both blank.

Subfield codes are:

|a Edition statement
|b Remainder of edition statement

Order of elements

|a Edition statement |b Remainder of edition statement

Language

When an edition statement appears in more than one language, transcribe it only in the language of the title proper. When this is not possible, transcribe it the statement that appears first.

Do not make a parallel edition statement.

Capitalization and abbreviation

Capitalization

Capitalize the first word of the edition statement and other words as dictated by the capitalization rules of the language involved.

Bantam ed.
New ed., rev. and enl.

Abbreviations and numerals

• Abbreviate terms in the edition statement as found in AACR2. Also, use "enl." for enlarged, "ltd." for limited and "corr." for corrected.
• Use numerals for numbers instead of words.
• In English, record ordinal numbers in the form 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.
• In other languages, record all ordinal numbers in the form 1., 2., 3., etc.
• 250 |b: Record the statement of responsibility in the form in which it appears on the item. Do not apply the rules for abbreviations and numerals given above.

250 |a -- Edition statement

Formal edition statements

A formal edition statement is recorded in 250 even if the information duplicates information given in another field, or indicates a named or numbered paperback edition.

Rev. and enl. ed.
3rd ed.
Teacher ed.
Large print ed.
1st U.S. ed.

Paperback editions, book club editions, etc.

Named and numbered paperback edition

When a paperback edition statement is numbered record it in the 250 even if it duplicates information found in another field.

t.p. verso	An Owl book First Owl book edition
250	1st Owl book ed.
500	"An Owl book."

Paperback editions - without name or number

The statement "Paperback edition" without a name or number or "Book club edition" is not recorded in 250 unless there is clear evidence of variation from other editions other than the type of binding. A common variation in paperback editions is size and/or number of pages.

Revised or corrected printings

Printing with indication of change

Statements referring to printings that contain an indication of change such as "Revised printing", or " Reprinted March 1983 with corrections" are considered edition statements.

t.p. verso	Revised Printing
250	Rev. printing.
t.p. verso	3rd corrected printing 1989
250	3rd corr. printing.

Reprint

Printing statements which do not indicate change are considered to be printing or reprint information rather than edition statements.

"Revised" plus name

When the word "revised" is used with a name or in a phrase not given in conjunction with an edition statement, do not tag it in the 250 field. It is part of field 245.

t.p.		Structural analysis     by Tung Au revised by Thomas Brown
245	10	Structural analysis /|cby Tung Au ; revised by Thomas Brown.

Non-Formal edition statement

A non-formal edition statement is normally found within a sentence in the text of the item. Do not record this type of edition statement in field 250. Give it in a 500 note instead.

text p. ix:	"This edition too began to sell in 1954, but then the above mentioned Janet descended on us and soaked a large number of copies of the book. Happily, though stained with the colour of the red cover, many of the books were not otherwise damaged. By the end of 1966, however, this edition also had become epuise. Here, therefore, is what may be described as the Third Edition. Corrected as far as possible ...?
500	"Third edition"--P. ix.

Limited editions

Transcribe a limited edition statement as such.

source:	Limited Edition
250	Ltd. ed.

When a limited edition statement applies only to the number of copies printed as in the example below, do not transcribe it. At full level and for rare books it may be added to the record on request.

source:	Special edition of 200 copies on handmade paper. No. 87
No 250 statement is recorded.

Ambiguous statements

In the Romance languages, "edition", "edición", etc. are loosely used to mean either edition or printing. The word usually means printing when:

it appears only in conjunction with the printing information (date of impression, name of printer, number of copies printed),

successive "editions" appear within a short time and without apparent changes of collation, etc.

t.p. verso

Primera edición, marzo de 1981 Segunda edición, abril de 1981 Tercera edición, mayo de 1981

No 250 is given and no printing information is necessary in 090 since all three printings appeared in the same year as the year of publication.

Editions of earlier works

When a publication history is given for an item, statements of earlier editions may appear on the source. Transcribe only the edition statement that applies to the copy in hand.

t.p.	First Edition 1992
verso of t.p.	Translated from the German Sigmund Freud und seine Religions-kritik als Herausforderung fur den christlichen Glauben, 4th ed. (1976) copyright c1968
250	1st ed.

Supplied information

When the edition statement consists solely of characters that are neither numeric nor alphabetic, give the statement in words in the language of the title proper and enclose them in square brackets.

cover	*   *   * Edition
250	[Three asterisks] ed.

When the edition statement consists of the number of the edition without accompanying words meaning "edition", supply in brackets, the abbreviation for "edition" in the language of the title proper.

t.p.	3e
250	3. [éd.].

Subsequent edition statements

When more than one edition statement is given for a single item give both in the 250. Be careful to verify that both actually apply to the item in hand. Precede the second edition statement by a comma.

cover t.p. verso	10th Anniversary Edition 1st edition
250	10th anniversary ed., 1st ed.

250 |b -- Remainder of edition statement

The remainder of edition statement usually consists of a statement of personal or corporate responsibility.

In case of doubt about whether a statement of responsibility applies to the edition statement, give it in the title and statement of responsibility.

The remainder of edition statement may contain:

• one or more subsequent statements of responsibility each preceded by ( ^ ; ^ )
• subsequent edition statement(s) separated from the statement of responsibility by a comma ( , )
• statement of responsibility relating to a subsequent edition statement. The first statement of responsibility following a subsequent edition statement is preceded by ( ^ / ^ ).

250	9th rev. ed. /|brevised by S. Bradbury.
250	1st combined ed., special combined and rev. ed. /|bprepared and rev. under the direction of Samuel A. Simon.
250	Rev. ed., with revisions, an introd., and a chapter on writing /|bby E.B. White, 2nd ed. / with the assistance of Eleanor Gould Packard.
250	2nd ed. /|bprepared by Wilson Y. Bitter ; illustrated by Leonard A. Harzenberg.
250	2nd ed., rev. and enl. /|bby W.H. Chaloner.