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The Annotated Shakespeare, Volume I: Comedies
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Ine | 263 comments I own a boxed set of the complete works of Shakespeare, which I've manually added today as three separate new books.

The Annotated Shakespeare: Volume I Comedies
The Annotated Shakespeare: Volume II Histories and Poems
The Annotated Shakespeare: Volume III Tragedies and Romances

The problem however is that two of them list the exact same ISBN. The numbers are as following:

Volume I Comedies SECOND EDITION
0 85613 073 7 (boxed set)
0 85613 087 7 (this volume)

Volume II Histories and Poems SECOND EDITION
0 85613 073 7 (boxed set)
0 85613 086 9 (this volume)

Volume III Tragedies and Romances FIRST EDITION
0 85613 073 7 (boxed set)
0 85613 087 7 (this volume) <--- SAME AS VOLUME I

I'm inclined to say that between the first and second edition, the publisher made a mistake in which volume had which ISBN, but since I can't find any other editions, I have no idea how to solve this.

Any ideas? Anyone able to help me out?


message 2: by Emy (last edited May 19, 2013 05:25PM) (new)

Emy (emypt) | 5037 comments Worldcat lists the following ISBNs:

0856130737 9780856130731 - Corresponds to your Boxed
0856130850 9780856130854 - Not listed
0856130869 9780856130861 - Corresponds to your Vol. II
0856130877 9780856130878 - Corresponds to your Vol. I & III

I would suggest that 0856130850 9780856130854 is your missing ISBN, but think record leads me to think that it belongs to Vol. I NOT Vol. III, and that the 0877 ISBN10 belongs to Vol. III. Does that make sense? :)

Will amend for you now. Do you have a photo of the covers for these books?

Also adding an entry for the set as they have a combined ISBN (here).


message 3: by Ine (new) - added it

Ine | 263 comments Thanks for the research Emy! I will try and add the covers as soon as possible, you've been a great help!


message 4: by Ine (new) - added it

Ine | 263 comments I have made photos of all covers, they're in jpg format and about 1.5 mb each. I can make them smaller if needed. How do I get them to the appropriate place?


message 5: by Emy (new)

Emy (emypt) | 5037 comments https://www.goodreads.com/photo/new

Then post here to say they are in your photos. It's helpful if you make a note on the image which is which if they're not really obvious. Especially helpful if the librarian is not a native speaker of the language they are dealing with.


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Ine | 263 comments Thanks Emy, I've uploaded the images!


message 7: by Emy (new)

Emy (emypt) | 5037 comments Ine, your profile is set to private. Can you give me the direct links as I can't see the "more photos" area of a Private profile.


message 8: by Emy (new)

Emy (emypt) | 5037 comments I can't - maybe a super can access these. Sorry!


message 9: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Ine wrote: "If you need direct links to the image source"

Yes, for images on a private profile we do.


message 11: by Emy (new)

Emy (emypt) | 5037 comments All added. Thanks very much Ine! :)


message 12: by Ine (new) - added it

Ine | 263 comments Thank you too for all your help!


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