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The ISBN does look a bit odd, but is not outside the realm of possibility. ISBNs starting with 0-00-(nnnnnn)-(n) are assigned to HarperCollins and imprints. A quick skim shows that HarperCollins had published the book at one time.I agree that the Worldcat results are strange. However, since the ISBN is not actually included in the records, I would ignore them.
I would combine the book with the other editions of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, given the info in the single review. And correct the description.
I would also leave a note with a link to this thread. If someone comes along later with a different title using that ISBN, we can add an alternate edition.
HC is 006xxx though :S (and I think some 007xxx now too)
I've only edited this record sufficiently to separate it out.
Problems are:
1. From the Description: "A Journey Round a Darker Sun was chosen by the Erotica Readers Association as
their 'Book of the Month' almost as soon as it appeared, and has subsequently been placed at No. 1 in their 'Permanent Collection' of erotic classics." - Not Charlie ;)
2. Worldcat links the ISBN13 to three books (link):
City of glass / Cassandra Clare (Walker Books) - ISBN13 9781406322873 / 9781406307641
The silver needle murder / Laura Childs (Berkeley) - ISBN13 9780425219461
Ghost walk / Heather Graham (Mira) - ISBN13 9780778322184
This leaves me with FIVE potential titles for this book. I think WorldCat is doing something odd though as I cannot find the ISBN actually listed in the record. For what it's worth, Google only shows the Charlie title from the usual suspects who are using a certain vendor's feed...
Of the reviews, one is clearly for Charlie - references the Disney film and compares with the book. The other two are just starred ratings so no idea what they should be for. The last edits (before me) were from an author merge from "Dahl Roald" and from the feed.
I am at a loss, but the ISBN(s) seem bogus to me - the first 5 digits or so of the ISBN10 indicates the publisher, but here that is 00000, which looks wrong to me as I can't find a UK publisher (the first 0) with the ID of 0000.