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message 1: by Bren (new)

Bren (buckeyebren) | 5 comments I was checking to see if this book was in the Goodreads library. I searched the ISBN, the author and the name and nothing came up in the system, so I began to enter it as a new book. I got about half done and up pops the book but with a different main author listed. It even has my author listed as one of the authors, but no where can I find in my edition the author that is listed in the goodreads listing, yet the date of publication is the same. It is a college history textbook and the person who put it in the system described the textbook to a T and the photo matches my book. The only thing different is that author. What do you do in a case such as this? There is no edition listed. I know mine is Fourth Edition.


message 2: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 897 comments Bren - what book are you talking about? we can't help you if we don't know the details


message 3: by Bren (new)

Bren (buckeyebren) | 5 comments Hmm I thought I listed it, sorry. It is The American Past Part 1:Survey of American History to 1877
by Joseph Conlin

Fourth Edition


There is no other author listed in this book anywhere. This was one my American history books at University of Pittsburgh. The book listed on the site has a different first author. Can you find anything?


message 4: by Amara (new)

Amara Tanith (aftanith) What's the ISBN?


message 5: by Dee (last edited Jul 01, 2012 05:25PM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 897 comments Cengage Advantage Books The American Past, Volume I by Joseph R. Conlin - is this the book? or this one - The American Past A Survey of American History Volume 1 To 1877 by Joseph R. Conlin


message 6: by Bren (new)

Bren (buckeyebren) | 5 comments ISBN 0-15-500614-2
Mine is Published by Harcourt Press, Harcourt Brace college Publishers Joseph R Conlin Author 1993
publishers name inside the front cover is Ted Bucholz
Sold by The Harcourt Press

Dee wrote: "Cengage Advantage Books: The American Past, Volume I - is this the book?"

Bren wrote: "Hmm I thought I listed it, sorry. It is The American Past Part 1:Survey of American History to 1877
by Joseph Conlin

Fourth Edition


There is no other author listed in this book anywhere. This w..."



message 7: by Amara (last edited Jul 01, 2012 05:42PM) (new)

Amara Tanith (aftanith) That ISBN isn't in the database yet. You can go ahead and create it (or one of us could do it for you, if you prefer). Then we can combine it with the other editions.


message 8: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 897 comments the 2 volumes I listed above are all later editions of the same book- 9th and 13th


message 9: by Amara (new)

Amara Tanith (aftanith) Dee wrote: "the 2 volumes I listed above are all later editions of the same book- 9th and 13th"

In that case, they're now combined.


message 10: by Bren (new)

Bren (buckeyebren) | 5 comments Thank you. I also have the companion guide to the book.


message 11: by Bren (new)

Bren (buckeyebren) | 5 comments there is a photo being used from my book, but it is being used with another ISBN. Should I add it with this one?


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