[DCRM-L] Actual format and 340 rdabf format

[Noble, Richard]

I'm suddenly seeing 340 format fields added to records for modern books. I
know what *we* think format is, and when it can actually be determined and
when not, but this looks like a revival of "format" as a size designation.
So, the 1926 first ed. of *The Sun Also Rises* is indeed *sewn* in 8s, but
I'd bet anything it's 32mo or something like that, not printed in 8s.

So what does "340 $m 8vo. $2 rdabf" actually signify in (for example) OCLC
#284621? Does anyone in our circle know how rdabf is being determined, and
by whom? Not by any of my RBS graduates, I suspect/hope.

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
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