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Are you certain the authors are exactly the same? The couple of times I had this experience, some of the books had the author's name with two spaces between the first name and the last. That shows up in the system as a separate person from the same author with a single space. If you edit the author with two spaces (rather than an individual book), it will merge them.

Rivka probably right. Next time you compare the names, hit 'edit' first, as thats the only place you can see extra spaces.
But, I've had problems with some books where I've noticed that my edition of a book isn't combined but when I go to combine books, no other editions or only some other editions show, and I cannot combine all of the eligible editions.
The title and author are both the same. No weird subtitles or second authors that could be complicating the process.
Has anyone had this experience and does anyone know how this might happen and how to get these "hidden" editions combined? (I do see the other editions in other pages so I know they're there.)
Thanks for any ideas or help. And I can look for specific examples if that would help.