MARC details
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03325cam a2200397 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1402836625 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20231031143351.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
231014t20232021nyua e b 001 0 eng c |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2021945164 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
LE# |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
LE# |
| Modifying agency |
YDX |
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BDX |
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NFG |
| 019 ## - |
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1370002859 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781541603721 |
| Qualifying information |
(paperback) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1541603729 |
| Qualifying information |
(paperback) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1402836625 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1370002859 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
027.009 |
| Item number |
P499 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Pettegree, Andrew, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
165665 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The library : |
| Remainder of title |
a fragile history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First US trade paperback edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, NY : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Basic Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2023. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
©2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
518 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
still image |
| Content Type Code |
sti |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published in 2021 in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [461]-502) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with beanbags and children's drawings--the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, the first major work of its kind, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen trace this extraordinary history, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today. Along the way, they introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of technologies, ideologies, and tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanors committed in pursuit of rare and valuable manuscripts. Very often, they find, libraries flourish in the hands of their first owner, then waste away as collections that represented the values and interests of one generation fail to speak to the one that follows. Yet while collections themselves fall victim to damp, dust, moths, and bookworms, the idea of the library persists, as each generation makes--and remakes-- the institution anew. Beautifully written and deeply researched, The Library is essential reading for book lovers, collectors, and anyone who has ever gotten blissfully lost in the stacks. -- |
| Assigning source |
From dust jacket. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Prologue. Curating the ruins -- Part 1: Inception and survival. A confusion of scrolls ; Sanctuary ; Little monkeys and letters of gold -- Part 2: The crisis of print. The infernal press ; Coming of age ; Reformations -- Part 3: The new collectors. The professionals ; Idle books and riff raff ; Mission fields -- Part 4: Between public and private. Grand designs ; Cardinal errors ; The antiquarians -- Part 5: Fictions. Orderly minds ; Building empires ; Reading on the job -- Part 6: The war on books. Surviving the twentieth century ; Wrestling with modernity ; Libraries, books and politics -- Postscript. Reading without books. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Libraries |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
21029 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Informational works. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
222299 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Weduwen, Arthur der, |
| Relator term |
author. |
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C0 |
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NFG |
