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- Title A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
- Author Judith Flanders
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Basic Books
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781541675070 / 154167507X
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 3.56 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Information organization - History, Alphabetizing - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020943305
- Dewey Decimal Code 025
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