5. 6. 1 [CITING BOOKS AND OTHER NONPERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS]
The Basic Entry: A Book by a Single Author (MLA 147)

Author's name.  Title of the book (underlined).  

Publication information.

This list shows most of the possible components of a book 
entry and the order in which they are normally arranged.

Additonal components appear in brackets:


1. Author's name
   [2.  Title of a part of a book (see esp. 5.6.7-9)]
3. Title of the book
   [4.  Name of the editor, translator, or compiler 
    (see esp. 5.6.7 and 5.6.12-13)]
   [5.  Edition used]
   [6.  Number(s) of the volume(s) used (see 5.6.15)]
   [7.  Names of the series (see 5.6.16)]
8. Place of publication (followed by a colon): 
    name of the publisher (followed by a comma), 
    and date of publication
   [9.  Page numbers (see esp. 5.6.7)]
   [10.  Supplementary bibliographic information 
      and annotation (see esp. 5.6.13 and 5.6.15)]

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