MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2004665389
003 DLC
005 20120912081253.0
008 040305s2003 mauob 000 0 eng
010 $a 2004665389
020 $a0974246905 (library binding)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aDS491.5$bH39 2003
100 1 $aHawley, Michael,$d1961-
245 10 $aBhutan :$b[a visual odyssey across the last Himalayan kingdom] /$cconceived, designed, and produced by Michael Hawley.
260 $a[Cambridge, Mass.] :$bFriendly Planet,$cc2003.
300 $a[118] p. :$bchiefly col. ill., col. map ;$c153 x 117 cm.
500 $aPublished as the world's biggest book and certified by Guinness World Records in 2003. Weighs 133 pounds and opens to almost 5x7 feet. Each copy requires a roll of paper longer than a football field, more than a gallon of ink, and 24 hours printing time. The digitally printed pages are photographs with caption information.
500 $aTeams from MIT and Friendly Planet took four expeditions across Bhutan and collected some 40,000 photographs. The photographers included young Bhutanese people, guides, and students and staff of MIT and University of Washington.
500 $aPages [1]-[2] feature map drawn by David Macaulay.
500 $a"For the young people of Bhutan."
500 $aPrinted on double leaves.
500 $aSubtitle from MIT fact sheet.
500 $aLC copy is no. 14 of 500.$5DLC
506 $aServed by appointment due to fragility and exceptional size. Use the book's Web site or the smaller size version of the book to help preserve the original super oversize book. Book Web site:$uhttp://web.media.mit.edu/~mike/fp/bhutan/$5DLC
530 $aAlso available in a smaller format, Bhutan : a visual odyssey across the last Himalayan kingdom / [conceived, designed and produced by Michael Hawley]. [Cambridge, Mass.] : Friendly Planet, c2004. http://lccn.loc.gov/2005351008
541 $cGift;$aDavid Liddle;$d2004;$e(DLC/PP-2004:016)$5DLC
651 0 $aBhutan$vPhotographs.
655 7 $aPhotographs$xColor.$2gmgpc
655 7 $aDigital prints$xColor.$2gmgpc
710 2 $aFriendly Planet (Organization)
710 2 $aMassachusetts Institute of Technology.
856 42 $3Fact sheet with images of book$uhttp://web.media.mit.edu/~mike/fp/bhutan/index.php
856 42 $3Expedition slides at Ark: Image Archive$uhttp://ark.media.mit.edu/