Cambridge University PressEdition statement on title/copyright pageColumbia University Press1893–presentCopyright page states later printings/editions; a first printing carries the copyright linCornell University Press1869–presentFirst printings carry the copyright line with no later-printing notice; subsequent printinDuke University Press1921–presentModern titles carry a number line on the copyright page; lowest number present = printing Harvard University Press1913–present (title-page-year practice strongest mid-20th c.; number lines common from the 1970s–80s onward)Classic Harvard tell: the YEAR OF PUBLICATION is printed on the TITLE PAGE of a first editIndiana University Press1950–presentCopyright page states later printings; first printings carry the copyright line alone or 'Johns Hopkins University Press1878–present (oldest continuously operating US university press; number lines standard later 20th c.)First printings carry the copyright line with no later-printing notice; subsequent printinMIT Press1962–present (number line standard)Copyright page carries a descending number line ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'); the lowest numbeOxford University Pressfirst editions: no statement until late 1980s; number line late 1980s–presentUntil the late 1980s OUP made NO affirmative first-edition statement; first printings carrOxford University PressNo statement before the late 1980s (negative-evidence)Princeton University Press1905–present (number-line/printing statements standard from the later 20th c.)Copyright page states 'First printing' or carries a number line; lowest number present indStanford University Press1925–presentCopyright page notes later printings/editions; a first printing shows only the copyright lUniversity of Arizona PressISBN prefix 978-0-8165University of California Press1893–present (number lines standard later 20th c.)First printings state 'First Edition' or carry the copyright line alone with no later-prinUniversity of Chicago Press1891–present (impression-line style mid-20th c.; number lines later)Copyright page typically prints a sequence of edition/printing/year codes. Older Chicago bUniversity of Minnesota Press1925–presentCopyright page carries a number line on modern titles ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'); lowest numUniversity of Nebraska Press1941–present (Bison imprint 1961–present)Copyright page states 'First Nebraska printing' / 'First printing: 19xx' and lists later BUniversity of North Carolina Press1922–presentFirst printings carry the copyright line with no later-printing notice; subsequent printinUniversity of Oklahoma PressISBN prefix 0-8061University of Texas Press1950–presentFirst printings state 'First Edition' (or 'First edition, 19xx') on the copyright page on Wesleyan University Press1957–present (parenthetical-numeral tell pre-1980s; number row from the 1980s)States 'First Edition' or 'First Printing' on the copyright page of first editions, and noYale University Press1908–present (reprint-statement convention throughout; number lines added in later decades)Older/standard convention: the copyright page of a REPRINT states the date of first public
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