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ISBN            0060938455           no hyphens

          ISSN             1234-7865             include hyphen

          LCCN            88005195              no prefix, no hyphen, zero fill to 8 (yr prefix = 2 char) or  10 digits (yr prefix = 4 char)

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          Music no.       mn:0743255667515        precede number with mn:

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