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message 1: by Crystal (new)

Crystal (wetspoon) | 11 comments To The Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf 1-15-101070-6

Hello,
Would you be so kind to please update the pages in this book to 236. This edition is the Borders Inc hardcover edition.

Thank you,
Crystal


message 2: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16377 comments That ISBN doesn't appear to be in the database. Please provide a link to the edition you mean.

If the edition isn't in the database, see here how to request a book to be added: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 3: by lethe (last edited Aug 30, 2023 01:07AM) (new)

lethe | 16377 comments You probably meant ISBN 0151010706 (starting with a 0 instead of a 1). Mad import bots have been warring with each other, changing and reverting page counts and publishers. Since the cover and ISBN definitely do not belong to a Folio Society edition, I changed the latest changes back to Harcourt and 236 pages: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... (it may take a while before the book page is updated)

Please check the publisher's name on the title page. According to Worldcat it is Harcourt (which was also in the database). I thought Borders was a bookstore?


message 4: by Crystal (new)

Crystal (wetspoon) | 11 comments Hi Lethe,

it was a special edition printed for Borders by Harcourt. Thank you very much for helping me understand what I was missing and a way to troubleshoot ISBN issues! The ISBN is missing the 0 on the cover and within the book.

Best,
Crystal


message 5: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16377 comments Crystal wrote: "Hi Lethe,

it was a special edition printed for Borders by Harcourt. Thank you very much for helping me understand what I was missing and a way to troubleshoot ISBN issues! The ISBN is missing the ..."


Ah, that sounds as if it is an SBN (a precursor to the ISBN), used in the 1960s/early 1970s. What is the publication date of your book? The edition in Goodreads is from 1994.


message 6: by Crystal (new)

Crystal (wetspoon) | 11 comments I don't see a publication date and even more interesting there is no barcode on the book or jacket. I Googled some more information and found the book on eBay with a publication date of 2003.


message 7: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16377 comments Crystal wrote: "I don't see a publication date and even more interesting there is no barcode on the book or jacket. I Googled some more information and found the book on eBay with a publication date of 2003."

I suppose that sometimes happens with special editions. Does your cover have the same image as the one in the database, at least?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...


message 8: by Crystal (new)

Crystal (wetspoon) | 11 comments Yes!


message 9: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16377 comments So you don't mind shelving that edition? It does have the correct page count now :)


message 10: by Crystal (new)

Crystal (wetspoon) | 11 comments I have, thank you!


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