| Prefix | Prefix | |||
| A | Abroad - See also 'M' and 'MG' | MG | Map/Guides - including overseas | |
| C | Children's Books | N | Nicholson's Guides *** | |
| CA | Children's Activity Books | N | Nature Books - *** | |
| D | Shire Discovery Books | R | Railway Books | |
| F | Fiction | RW | Robert Wilson Series | |
| G | General Books or unclassified | S | Navigator Strip Maps | |
| LL | Shire Lifelines | SA | Shire Albums | |
| J | Jarrold Books | TC | Two Way Charts | |
| JG | John Gagg Books | W | Waterways Books | |
| M | Maps - including overseas | WW | Waterways World Guides |