Autograph

:An article about a record label is titled Autograph Records.

Glossary

In autograph-auction catalogues the following abbreviations are used to help describe the type of letter or document that is being offered for sale.

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AD: Autograph Document (hand-written by the person to be collected, but not signed)

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ADS: Autograph Document Signed (written and signed by same individual)

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AL: Autograph Letter (hand-written by the person to be collected, but not signed)

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ALS: Autograph Letter Signed (hand-written and signed by same individual)

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AMs: Autograph Manuscript (hand-written; such as the draft of a play, research paper or music sheet)

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AMsS: Autograph Manuscript Signed (hand-written and signed by same individual)

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AMusQs: Autograph Musical Quotation Signed (hand-written and signed by same individual)

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AN: Autograph Note (much shorter than a letter)

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ANS: Autograph Note Signed (hand-written and signed by same individual)

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AQS: Autograph Quote Signed (hand-written and signed by same individual; poem verse, sentence, or bar-of-music)

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DS: Document signed (printed, or while hand-written by another, is signed by individual sought to be collected)

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LS: Letter Signed (hand-written by someone else, but signed by the individual sought to be collected)

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PS: Photograph Signed or Postcard Signed

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SP: Signed Photograph

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TLS: Typed Letter Signed

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TNS: Typed Note Signed

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Paper sizes:

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folio: A printer's sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, double quarto size or larger.

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octavo(8vo): A manuscript page about six-by-nine inches. (Origianlly determined by folding a printer's sheet of paper to form eighty leaves.)

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quarto(4to): A manuscript pge of about nine and one-half by twelve inches. (Originally determined by folding a printer's sheet of paper twice to form two leaves.)

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