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MLA Format:
Reprinted or republished books in a bibliography entry

A reprinted or republished book is one which has been previously published in a different form (e.g. a paperback which was previously published in hardcover) and sometimes by a different publisher. In citing a republication, use the standard listing for book entries, only insert the original publication date before the current publication information as follows:

Gibbon, Lewis Grassic. Sunset Song. 1932. Intro. Tom Crawford. Edinburgh: Canongate Classics, 1988.


Note that when the republication adds material, such as an introduction, this should appear after the original publication information.

If the republished book has a different title from the original, state the original title and publication date, followed by "Rpt. as" (for "reprinted as") and the new title and publication information.

Isherwood, Christopher. Mr. Norris Changes Trains. 1935. Rpt. as The Last of Mr. Norris. New York: New Directions, 1945.