[SEL] BYB/BRB

[George Best]

Short answer is:
Big Yellow Book and Big Red Book

Longer answer is:

C.H. Wendel wrote a book which is considered the bible for American
engine collectors.  This book came out in 1983 is called "American
Gasoline Engines Since 1872".  It is a rather big book with 584 pages
and was a hard back book with a yellow cover.  After the BYB (big yellow
books) had sold out, there was a reprint of the book which had a red
cover rather than the yellow cover. The BRB (big red book) is a little
bit lesser in quality as they used photocopies of the pages from the BYB
to make the BRB.

At an even later date there was another reprinting of the book but this
time it was not hard back, and instead was a paperback book.  Hence, the
BPBB (big paperback book).

I'm not sure when or how many limited edition leather bound books were
made, but there are BLBB (big leather bound book) out there as well.

BYB = big yellow book
BRB = big red book
BPBB = big paper back book
BLBB = big leather bound book

Most people have the BYB/BRB and those are the editions most of us have.

WAIT George

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> What do BYB and BRB stand for?