Bibliographic Processing Cataloging Rules
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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.
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.
The indicators are both blank.
Subfield codes are:
|a Edition statement
|b Remainder of edition statement
250 [|a]Edition statement /|bRemainder of edition statement.
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 the statement that appears first.
Do not make a parallel edition statement.
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.
RDA
- Transcribe the statement exactly as it appears. If words are abbreviated, transcribe the abbreviation. If numbers are spelled out, transcribe them as words. Do not abbreviate words that are given in full in the source of information.
- 250 |b: Transcribe a statement of responsibility that applies to the edition in the form in which it appears on the item.
AACR2
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.
RDA:
Rev. and enl. ed. -- [abbreviations appear on item]
Third edition.
Teacher ed. -- [abbreviation appears on item]
Large print edition.
1st U.S. edition. -- [ordinal number and abbreviation appear on item]
AACR2:
Rev. and enl. ed.
3rd ed.
Teacher ed.
Large print ed.
1st U.S. ed.
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 edition250 First Owl book edition. -- [RDA]
250 1st Owl book ed. -- [AACR2]
500 "An Owl book."
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.
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 Revised printing. -- [RDA]
250 Rev. printing. -- [AACR2]
T.p. verso: 3rd corrected printing 1989
250 3rd corrected printing. -- [RDA]
250 3rd corr. printing. -- [AACR2]
Printing statements which do not indicate change are considered to be printing or reprint information rather than edition statements.
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.
Title page:
Structural analysis
by Tung Au
revised by Thomas Brown245 10 Structural analysis /|cbyTung Au ; revised by Thomas Brown.
A non-formal edition statement is normally found within a sentence in the text of the item.
RDA
Record non-formal edition statements in field 250.
AACR2
Do not record this type of edition statement in field 250. Input it in a 500 note instead.
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 ...?250 Third edition. -- [RDA]
500 "Third edition"--P. ix. -- [AACR2]
Transcribe a limited edition statement as such.
source: Limited Edition
250 Limited edition. -- [RDA]
250 Ltd. ed. -- [AACR2]
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 edition statement is recorded.
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.
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
T.p. verso:
Translated from the German Sigmund Freud und seine
Religions-kritik als Herausforderung fur den christlichen
Glauben, 4th ed. (1976) copyright c1968250 First edition. -- [RDA]
250 1st ed. -- [AACR2]
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] edition. -- [RDA]
250 [Three asterisks] ed. -- [AACR2]
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.
Title page: 3e
250 3. [édition]. -- [RDA]
250 3. [éd.]. -- [AACR2]
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: 10th Anniversary Edition
T.p. verso: 1st edition250 10th anniversary edition, 1st edition. -- [RDA]
250 10th anniversary ed., 1st ed. -- [AACR2]
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 245 |c.
The remainder of edition statement may contain:
RDA Examples: Tag Contents 250 Revised edition, with revisions, an introduction, and a chapter on writing /|bby E.B. White, Second edition / with the assistance of Eleanor Gould Packard. 250 2nd ed. /|bprepared by Wilson Y. Bitter ; illustrated by Leonard A. Harzenberg. -- [ordinal number and abbreviation appear on item]
250 2nd ed., rev. and enl. /|bby W.H. Chaloner. -- [abbreviations appear on item]
AACR2 Examples: Tag Contents 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.
