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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Books as history
    sub title: the importance of books beyond their texts
  name:
    name part: Pearson, David
    name part: 1955-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2008
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
  abstract: "A material culture study focused on the importance of books as objects and their histories from the Middle Ages to present. Looks beyond content and text of books, to other properties such as printing, binding, annotation, etc. Over 140 full-color illustrations, bibliography for further reading, and index"--Provided by publisher.
  table of contents: Books in history -- Books beyond texts -- Individuality within mass production -- Variety through ownership -- Variety through binding -- The collective value of historic libraries -- Values for the future -- Variety between copies : a case study.
  note: David Pearson.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Books
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Bibliography, Critical
  subject:
    topic: Books
    topic: Social aspects
  subject:
    topic: Books
    topic: Provenance
  subject:
    topic: Books
  classification: Z4 .P43 2008
  classification: 002.09
  classification: Z 4 P361b 2008
  identifier: 9781584562337 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
  identifier: 1584562331 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
  identifier: 9780712349239
  identifier: 0712349235
  identifier: 2008039127
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 080918
    record change date: 20191205081341.0
    record identifier: in00004518874
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng