library edition

American  

noun

1. an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.

2. a set of books with common subject matter or authorship and uniform physical characteristics.

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library edition British  

noun

1. an edition of a book having a superior quality of paper, binding, etc

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Etymology

Origin of library edition

First recorded in 1865–70

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Example Sentences

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library edition

The fourth shelf from the top was devoted to a library edition of Shakespeare, large books bound in red morocco.

From Okewood of the Secret Service by Valentine Williams

Mr. Colburn announces a new library edition of Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England.

From Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell

After 1908 the works issued by Macmillan & Co. appear simultaneously in the ordinary library edition, the pocket edition and the edition de luxe.

From Rudyard Kipling by John Palmer

In one volume, alternate pages of English and the translation; library edition, cloth, each $1.00; six or more, each 75 cents; pocket edition, leatherette, round corners, gilt edges, each $1.50; six or more, each $1.25.

From Rudimental Divine Science by Mary Baker Eddy

Type, size of book, excellent as a library edition; and the illustrations, so far as they have gone, are good, and not too distracting.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

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