subscription edition

noun

1. an edition of one or more volumes for which a number of prospective purchasers place orders, usually in advance of publication.
2. a specially designed edition offered to subscribers, usually on an installment or deferred payment plan, or on an installment or deferred delivery plan, or both.

Example Sentences

Then I ventured to suggest that Mr. Stallabras was receiving names for a subscription edition of his new poems.

From Project Gutenberg

I thereupon withdrew it from publication at once, and am not including it in this subscription edition.

From Project Gutenberg