Questions about this book

[John]

Hello,

I've got some questions about the book above. I've recently acquired a version of this from my local library.

It is published by W.B.Saunders Company and has the same number of pages as above. Problem is that the book has no ISBN number because it is so old and came with no dust jacket. It is a plain hardcover that is green in colour.

The book above has a ISBN number but I can't tell if my version is the same or not.

What do I do?

[Cait]

The ISBN number in this record was most likely assigned during a later printing of the same edition; it was pretty common when ISBNs were first used to have older books acquire them late in printing life. My assumption would be that you have the same book, if the other details match.

[John]

In my local library catalogue it has been given the isbn number 9100071775 but a quick Google search returns nothing about the book so I have no idea where they got that number from.

[David]

Most books have the ISBN number on the copyright page. Did you look there?

[Cait]

John wrote: "In my local library catalogue it has been given the isbn number 9100071775 but a quick Google search returns nothing about the book so I have no idea where they got that number from."

I don't know where they got that either -- American publishers like this one always have ISBN-10s which begin with 0 or 1. 9100071775 would be Swedish, I think.

David wrote: "Most books have the ISBN number on the copyright page."

Not for books printed before ISBNs begin being issued in the late 1960s! :)

[John]

Ok, well thanks - I'll have to stick with the one we've got on here then.