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Card Catalog

Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures

Library of Congress Carla Hayden

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English
Chronicle Books
01 April 2017
The Card Catalog highlights the literary treasures in the Library of Congress’s immense collection. Featuring more than 200 full colour images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers and photographs from the library’s magnificent archives, this is a visual celebration of the rarely-seen treasures in America’s most famous library and the brilliant catalog system that has kept it organized for hundreds of years. Ordered chronologically with engaging text that charts the history of the catalog—from its origins 5,000 years ago to modern day card catalogs—and sprinkled with fun facts and anecdotes throughout, The Card Catalog is THE book for book lovers.
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Imprint:   Chronicle Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 236mm,  Width: 193mm,  Spine: 32mm
Weight:   890g
ISBN:   9781452145402
ISBN 10:   1452145407
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

The Library of Congress: Today's Library of Congress is an unparalleled world resource. The collection of more than 144 million items includes more than 33 million catalogued books and other print materials in 460 languages; more than 63 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings.

Reviews for Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures

A lively, superbly well-curated, and handsomely illustrated celebratory volume.... An irresistible treasury for book and library lovers. --Booklist Starred Review--- Beautifully designed and executed, this work by the Library of Congress examines several histories: the library; the science of cataloging; and the cards themselves as aesthetic objects. Interspersed throughout are images to delight book lovers--covers and title pages of classics from Shakespeare's First Folio to The Joy of Cooking, with their accompanying cards. These are wonderful eye candy but also, on close reading, fascinating records of the cataloging process, complete with revisions, corrections, marginalia, and name changes. --Library Journal Starred Review--- This book about card catalogs, written and published in cooperation with the Library of Congress, is beautifully produced, intelligently written, and lavishly illustrated.... The Card Catalog is many things: a lucid overview of the history of bibliographic practices, a paean to the Library of Congress, a memento of the cherished card catalogs of yore, and an illustrated collection of bookish trivia.... The illustrations are amazing: luscious reproductions of dozens of cards, lists, covers, title pages, and other images guaranteed to bring a wistful gleam to the book nerd's eye. --The Washington Post---


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