%0 Book %D 2011 %T Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) %C Washington %I Library of Congress. Cataloging Distribution Service %P 239 %X Cataloging rules for rare books, that is, printed textual monographs receiving special treatment within a repository. Thoroughly revised and expanded from its predecessor (Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books, 2nd edition, 1991), includes 19th- and 20th-century books. Introductory sections on objectives and principles and precataloging decisions, to help with local decisions about the level of detail to provide; an appendix of scanned images of early letters and symbols accompanied by their correct transcriptions; and new appendixes on collection-level cataloging, core-level cataloging, variations requiring the creation of a new bibliographic record, and individual issues of serials. Table of Contents - General Rules - Title and Statement of Responsibility Area - Edition Area - Material (or Type of Publication) Specific Details Area - Publication, Distribution, Etc., Area - Physical Description Area - Series Area - Note Area - Standard Number and Terms of Availability Area - Appendixes: MARC 21 Descriptive Conventions Code, Collection-Level Records, Core-Level Records, Minimal-Level Records, Variations Requiring a New Record, Title Access Points, Early Letter Forms and Symbols, Individual and Special Issues of Serials - Glossary - List of Works Cited - Index %7 Editie 2007; derde druk met correcties 2011