The 1st Published Info *Can't* be Correct!

[John]

Hi
I'm querying the GR entry for The Twilight of Briareus by Richard Cowper. I read it in the days when good old Gollanz published hard cover books in the plain yellow dust-jackets. Wonderful that we painted the picture of the story in our minds. I remember where I was living, whom I was loving, how I was eating -- everything except the exact date. But I started a new job in 1977, and I'd read it several times by then. So I reckon it appeared between 1975--1977.
So the Info in the attached screenshot re 1st published in 1990 by Victor Gollancz *can't* be correct. (1974 in light print appears in brackets. But I KNOW it was Gollancz! ;) )

Any clarification would be welcome.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

[Beth]

It looks like that version was published in 1990...there's another one that says 1980...but it was *originally* published in 1974. And it does show that is was published by Victor Gollancz. If you follow the url, on the page, it takes you to a Wikipedia page (I know, not the *most* reliable source, but what we have...and it supports the first publication date of 1974. Worldcat confirms that *this* edition & isbn is published in 1990.

[John]

Cheers - useful Info :)

NB: I found my lovely old plain yellow copy. I hope to scan it and add it to my books, with the ISBN of the copy. Gollancz became famous for the bravery in their plain covers (as I recall). Considering the dreadful artwork that appeared around that time, I can only applaud this.

[Beth]

:)

[John]

I've mugged up on the author in W/pedia ~ Thanks again.
I also scanned the yellow cover of the copy I found.
It has this url:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48...

but the picture's different, so mugging up on how to put the of *my* copy in ;)

[John]

@Beth:

Hi, I created the book:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

but it won't accept the ISBN which is definitely

0575017600

Here's the error I get:

http://flic.kr/p/9FGDRK

and my head is now spinning.

[Ralph Gallagher]

An ISBN can only be used in the database once. That ISBN has already been used in the link you provided in Message 5. If the cover is different than the one you have, we either need to find out if the listing has the incorrect cover or if it's a rerelease that used the same ISBN.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

It looks like that ISBN has been used with several different covers.

[John]

I unearthed the copy I was on about, and made an entry for it, omitting the ISBN

> ISBN 0575017600

for the reasons you say. At that time (as I recall) all of Gollancz's SF books were issued in the characteristic plain yellow cover. Ralph, Rivka, how do we find out if the other listing is correct?

In my entry for the book, I measured and weighed it (but didn't do its BMI).

Looking forward to see it sitting there proudly, and picturelessly :)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

John wrote: "how do we find out if the other listing is correct?"

As I said, it looks like this ISBN has been used with multiple covers, so there's no reason to think it is INcorrect.

Your new edition looks fine, although you might want to add a note about what ISBN it's an alternate cover for.

[John]

Yes, I understand. Thanks rivka.
I've added a note, as you suggest.