Use title page, not book cover.
Include edition only when not the first. No specified edition, then usually first.
Required elements are:
- Author, initials
- Year
- Title of book
- Edition (only if not the first)
- Place of publication (town or city)
- Publisher
e.g. Elliott, C. and Quinn, F., 2010. English Legal System. 10th Edition. Harlow: Pearson
E-books
When accessed via resource such as password protected library database, elements are:
- Author, initials
- Year
- Title of book [type of medium]
- Edition
- Place of publication
- Publisher
e.g. Fishman, R., 2005. The rise and fall of suburbia [e-book]. 2nd Edition. Chester: Castle Press.