Page number correction

[Matt]

Hi, I am looking at the first edition hardcover by the Delacorte Press in front of me. The correct number of pages is 306.
Here is more info:
0440053633 (ISBN13: 9780440053637)


Thanks,

Matt

[Emy]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... is your copy. Worldcat disagrees with the numbering - can you say what comes after page 306?

(And thanks for linking the other one in the topic - grabbed the missing information for that one)

[Matt]

Hello Emy. You're welcome. Yes, that is my copy. It is a library book. I am in physical possession of it. After page 306 are several blank pages. I see no evidence of vandalism or anything else that would lead to me to conclude there are any missing pages. Let me know if you need anything else.

[Emy]

Very strange - I can't see how 40 pages would vanish that thoroughly, even in a mutilated library copy! Change made, but with note just in case.

I did notice that that edition was released twice with a very similar cover - does yours have the "A novel by the author of the Onion Tree" on the dust jacket? If so, the reissue might have had less pages but the same ISBN.

[Matt]

It is confusing because there are two similar editions...perhaps one is a duplicate? The author also wrote "The Onion Field", but there is no mention of that on the cover of my copy.

[Emy]

Then you have the edition linked above, so not to worry. The publisher reissued that ISBN with a very similar cover but the extra wording, that was all :)

[Matt]

You are very thorough! Thanks so much.