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In 1926 the Bibliographical Society published the first edition of A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640. Now universally known as 'STC,' it has become indispensable to historians, literary scholars, and bibliographers, whose work involves printed sources before the Civil War. This second part of the second revised edition (I-Z) was the first to be published in 1976, while Volume I covering A-H was first published in 1980; it was followed by a third volume, containing the addenda and supplementary In 1926 the Bibliographical Society published the first edition of A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640. Now universally known as 'STC,' it has become indispensable to historians, literary scholars, and bibliographers, whose work involves printed sources before the Civil War. This second part of the second revised edition (I-Z) was the first to be published in 1976, while Volume I covering A-H was first published in 1980; it was followed by a third volume, containing the addenda and supplementary.