trade book

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noun

a book designed for the general public and available through an ordinary book dealer, as distinguished from a limited-edition book, textbook, mass market paperback, etc.

Origin of trade book

First recorded in 1940–45

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Historical Examples of trade book

You will have to settle with them by their own accounts, as my trade-book was lost, as you know.
A Modern Buccaneer
Rolf Boldrewood

British Dictionary definitions for trade book

trade book

trade edition

noun

an ordinary edition of a book sold in the normal way in shops, as opposed to a de luxe or mail-order edition

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