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message 1: by Gary (new)

Gary Shea | 71 comments I have tried twice so far to get this request for a fix to no avail. For my previous attempts, see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... and https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

So, I am now making my appeal to the higher authority at goodreads!

It is perhaps a more complex issue. Worldcat has it right at https://search.worldcat.org/title/855.... One of the ISBNs there correctly matches that of the second edition paperback I have sitting before me, 9781848020894.

The first edition at Worldcat (see https://search.worldcat.org/title/555...) does not include that ISBN. However, problematically, another record at goodreads does.

A two-part solution is possible: 1) remove the ISBN at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... and 2) redo the record at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... it has the correct cover, using:
* Title: Paddington Station: Its History and Architecture
* Author name: Steven Brindle
* ISBN: 9781848020894
* Publisher: English Heritage
* Publication date: 2004 (first edition)
* This Edition Publication Date: 2013 (second edition)
* Format: Paperback Book
* Page count: 183
* Link: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/...
* Description: Paddington, the Great Western Railway and their principal designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, are at the heart of railway history. Railways were one of the defining phenomena of Victorian Britain and one of Britain's many great gifts to the world, so the building of the GWR has a place in world history. This history forms the background to this book. It is an account of the building that best epitomizes the GWR and its operations, a living railway station that is also a masterpiece of Victorian architecture.

Thank you!


message 2: by David (last edited Jan 22, 2024 02:00AM) (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 12870 comments I think the cover on Amazon is wrong. It was uploaded by a bot in 2012, before the second edition was even published. This is actually a clear cut case since both publishers still carry the book:
https://historicengland.org.uk/images...
and
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress....
Since six readers added the book to their shelves with this incorrect cover, I think the prudent action it not to replace the cover but to created an Alternate Cover Edition (ACE), which is effectively what you requested with a slightly different order of operations. Here is the ACE: Paddington Station: Its History and Architecture

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