MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
02619cam a22004098i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
2014035051 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20250921145348.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
140919s2015 cau b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2014035051 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781619024830 (hardback) |
| 039 ## - LEVEL OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL AND CODING DETAIL [OBSOLETE] |
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| Level of rules in bibliographic description |
101997 |
| Level of effort used to assign subject headings |
TLC |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
TLC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
P211 |
| Item number |
.R65 2015 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
421/.1 |
| Edition information |
23 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
LAN001000 |
| Number source |
bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rosen, Michael, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1946- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)n 85345531 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Alphabetical : |
| Remainder of title |
how every letter tells a story / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Michael Rosen. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
1502 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Berkeley : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Counterpoint Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[Place of publication not identified] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
[Publisher not identified], |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
431p. 24cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Content type code |
txt |
| Source |
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 |
| 380 ## - FORM OF WORK |
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| Form of work |
Book |
| Source of term |
tlcgt |
| 385 ## - AUDIENCE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Audience term |
General |
| Source |
tlctarget |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventure through the history of the alphabet in twenty-six vivid chapters, fizzing with personal anecdotes and fascinating facts. Starting with the mysterious Phoenicians and how sounds first came to be written down, he races on to show how nonsense poems work, pins down the strange story of OK, traces our five lost letters and tackles the tyranny of spelling, among many many other things. His heroes of the alphabet range from Edward Lear to Phyllis Pearsall (the inventor of the A-Z), and from the two scribes of Beowulf to rappers. Each chapter takes on a different subject - whether it's codes, umlauts or the writing of dictionaries. Rosen's enthusiasm for letters positively leaps off the page, whether it's the story of his life told through the typewriters he's owned or a chapter on jokes written in a string of gags and word games. This is the book for anyone who's ever wondered why Hawaiian only has a thirteen-letter alphabet or how exactly to write down the sound of a wild raspberry"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Alphabet |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)sh2007101023 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Alphabet in literature. |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)sh2003007923 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Writing |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(DLC)sh 85148637 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(local)tlcaut1028391567196400 |
| 949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| a |
IANF |
| c |
421.1 ROS |
| g |
30404100128568 |
| p |
25.00 |
| j |
21463 |
| e |
IANF |
| f |
Available |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |