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message 1: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

It seems like it would need some editing to be appropriate.


message 2: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Krystal109 wrote: "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

It seems like it would need some editing to be appropriate."


There must be thousands of books with a similar description on GR. It is crappy but ...


message 3: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments Ah, can I replace it if I find a better one?


message 4: by lafon حمزة (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments Those are (if I'm not mistaken) OCR books that have the description imported. There really isn't all that much data on those books so short of someone reading the book and providing a description that way there isn't really any other source.


message 5: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (last edited Aug 21, 2012 08:06AM) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) Nearly all of those books have a better description in another edition. That book doesn't have another edition, at least not combined, so it may be more difficult. As it addresses Faust, perhaps there is something elsewhere in the literature.


message 6: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Krystal109 wrote: "Ah, can I replace it if I find a better one?"

I've replaced one or two but only because I liked the specific book. There would be no guarantee that one of the ingram autobots won't dump on it.

The inclusion of Ernst Raupach suggests it is a stage version of Faust.


message 7: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments I've just downloaded the epub from Kobo (it is a freebie). It displays as total garbage. The PDF is much better, being an image scan. I cannot read the script. Boo.

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Carnev...


message 8: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Krystal109, you've seen Rivka's post.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...

I wonder when this book will disappear?


message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

Banjomike wrote: "I've just downloaded the epub from Kobo (it is a freebie). It displays as total garbage. The PDF is much better, being an image scan. I cannot read the script. Boo.
http://www.kobobooks.com/eb..."


It could be this one:
http://archive.org/details/carnevalsf...
that uses Fraktur typefaces.


message 10: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Luisa wrote: "It could be this one:
http://archive.org/details/carnevalsf...
that uses Fraktur typefaces. "


That is the one. Not a bad looking book as these things go.


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