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01932cam a2200361Ii 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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828888745 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20190729105115.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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130228s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781592408351 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1592408354 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
BTCTA |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
BTCTA |
| Modifying agency |
BDX |
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KNJ |
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JAG |
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CGP |
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AZT |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
EY8Z |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PE1483 |
| Item number |
.G37 2013 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
808.6 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Garfield, Simon, |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
To the letter : |
| Remainder of title |
a celebration of the lost art of letter writing / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Simon Garfield. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Gotham, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2013] |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
464 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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rdacontent. |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
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rdamedia. |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
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rdacarrier. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliography (pages 446-449) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The magic of letters -- From Vindolanda, Greetings -- The consolations of Cicero, Seneca and Pliny the Younger -- Love in its earliest forms -- How to write the perfect letter, Part 1 -- Neither snow nor rain nor the flatness of Norfolk -- How to write the perfect letter, Part 2 -- Letters for sale -- Why Jane Austen's letters are so dull (and other postal problems solved) -- A letter feels like immortality -- How to write the perfect letter, Part 3 -- More letters for sale -- Love in its later forms -- The modern master -- Inbox -- Epilogue: Dear reader. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
An ode to the dwindling art of letter writing explores its potential salvation in the digital age, chronicling the history of letter writing as reflected by love letters, chain mail, and business correspondence, while surveying the role that letters have played as literary devices. |
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1 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Letter writing |
| Form subdivision |
Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Interpersonal communication. |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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| Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) |
u366377 |
| 949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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PE1483 .G37 2013 |
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LC |
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1 |
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EY8Z |
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33039001316859 |
| 903 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT C, LDC (RLIN) |
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25082 |