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Chicago Manual of Style - South Bend-Elkhart: B. Two or Three Authors or Editors

Book with Two or Three Authors or Editors (p. 695-696)

The general format below refers to a book with two authors. 
 
If you are dealing with two editors instead of two authors, insert the names of the editors into the place where the authors' names are now, followed by a comma and the word "eds." without the quotation marks.  The rest of the format remains the same.
 
General Format 
 
      Full Note: 
 
            1. Author First Name/Initial Surname and Author First Name/Initial Surname, 
      Book Title: Subtitle  (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page #.
 
      Concise Note: 

            2. Author Surname and Author Surname, Book Title, page #. 
 
      Bibliography:
 
      Author Surname, First Name/Initial, and Author First Name/Initial Surname. Book Title:
            Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.
  
Example 
 
      Full Note:

            1. Liam P. Unwin and Joseph Galloway, Peace In Ireland (Boston: Stronghope
      Press, 1990), 139.  
 
      Concise Note:
 
            2. Unwin and Galloway, Peace in Ireland, 139.
 
      Bibliography:
 
      Unwin, Liam P., and Joseph Galloway. Peace in Ireland. Boston: Stronghope Press,
            1990.