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English, Pages 45. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back[1876]. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Original A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a 1876 [Hardcover], Original Melvil Dewey

45 pages, Hardcover

First published November 3, 2006

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1,086 reviews286 followers
August 21, 2019
This was such a short read, I almost felt bad about listing it. But a challenge is a challenge and I am behind.

I read this book because I am using it as an example to illustrate that structured data existed before the database for my upcoming book. This guy was really thoughtful and super cool. I mean.... this took some effort for sure. While the system has gone under many revisions, the fact it is still used to this day is pretty cool.

I loved reading through the categories that were considered in this early publication. It would not occur to me to organize in this manner. Philosophy, contains Anthrology and Psychology in 100. So cool. Also, nearly every category afterwards has Philosophy as the first category. The implication is that it was crystal clear in the 1800s that there was a philosophy of Math, Fine Art, Natural Science, etc. I mean it's like getting a free look at way people thought about knowledge in the late 1800s. So cool.
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1,888 reviews31 followers
July 10, 2018
I found this book for free on Amazon; this is my honest review.
Complete Dewey System details, charts, examples, etc.
First-rate explanations. The preface also explains the origins and pilot project in 1873.
To be kept as a reference.
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December 14, 2021
NIce review of the Dewey Decimal classification system for me! A bit dated, but excellent!
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