List the author’s name appearing first and the name(s) of the editor(s), compiler(s), or translator(s) after the title, preceded by edited by or ed., compiled by or comp., or translated by or trans. Note that the plural forms eds. and comps. are never used in this position.
NOTE: A place of publication is no longer required in book citations for books (see 14.30). However, if the book was published before 1900, include the city of publication instead of the publisher's name in your citation (see 14.31).
General Format
Full Note:
1. Author First Name/Initial Surname and others, Book Title: Subtitle of the Book, ed./comp./trans.
First Name Surname and others (Publisher, Year), page #.
1. Author First Name/Initial Surname and others, Book Title: Subtitle of the Book, ed./comp./trans.
First Name Surname and others (Place of Publication if published before 1900, Year), page #.
Example:
1. Miron Białoszewski, A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising, ed. and trans. Madeline Levine
(Northwestern University Press, 1991), 48.
2. Lawrence Cane, Fighting Fascism in Europe: The World War II Letters of an American
Veteran of the Spanish Civil War, ed. David E. Cane, Judy Barrett Litoff, and David C. Smith (Fordham
University Press, 2003), 65-68.
Subsequent Note:
3. Author Surname et al., Book Title, page #.
Example:
3. Białoszewski, A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising, 212.
4. Cane, Fighting Fascism in Europe, 144.
Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name/Initial, and Author First Name/Initial Surname. Book Title: Subtitle of the Book.
Edited by/Compiled by/Translated by First Name Surname and others. Publisher, Year.
Author Surname, First Name/Initial, and Author First Name/Initial Surname. Book Title: Subtitle of the Book.
Edited by/Compiled by/Translated by First Name Surname and others. Place of Publication if published before 1900,
Year.
Example:
Białoszewski, Miron. A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising. Edited and translated by Madeline Levine.
Northwestern University Press, 1991.
Cane, Lawrence. Fighting Fascism in Europe: The World War II Letters of an American Veteran
of the Spanish Civil War. Edited by David E. Cane, Judy Barrett Litoff, and David C. Smith.
Fordham University Press, 2003.
