方便置於口袋隨身攜帶的特製小型書本；以此詞彙指稱印刷書籍的用法似乎要到二十世紀以後才比較普遍。

袖珍本(書籍)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
袖珍書(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
hsiu chen pen (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
xiù zhēn běn (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
xiu zhen ben (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
pocket books(books)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
pocket book(book)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
pocketbooks(books)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,PN)
books, pocket(books)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,PN)
Taschenbuch(,U,German-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
pocketboek(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
pocketbok(,U,Swedish-非偏好,AD,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........視覺及語言傳達
............資訊形式 (層級名)
................<資訊形式 (先導詞)>
....................<文件類型>
........................<依形式區分之文件類型>
............................袖珍本 (書籍)

meaning/usage overlaps with....

平裝書

英文....	Small books adapted so as to be conveniently carried in a person's pocket. Use of the term to denote a printed book does not seem to have been common before the 20th century.

袖珍本(書籍)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 October 16, 2013
pocket books(books)............	[VP]
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (2002)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
pocket book(book)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
pocketbooks(books)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
books, pocket(books)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Taschenbuch............	[VP]
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
pocketboek............	[VP]
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
pocketbok............	[VP]
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)

Getty AAT: 300312359 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300312359
聯合目錄： 袖珍本 、袖珍書 、hsiu chen pen 、xiù zhēn běn 、xiu zhen ben 、pocket books 、pocket book 、pocketbooks 、books, pocket 、Taschenbuch 、pocketboek 、pocketbok