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The ISBN was probably added in a later printing of the same edition; we see that a lot with books on that late-1960s/early-1970s edge of ISBN adoption.Please PM me, as GR notification emails stopped working for me.
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Yes that's what I would have thought, too. It's a bit odd. sometimes, though not always, the LOC cataloging number has become incorporated into the ISBN printing...
Jenna wrote: ". . . sometimes, though not always, the LOC cataloging number has become incorporated into the ISBN printing..."The Library of Congress catalog (now control) number (LCCN) has been printed in books for over a century. It has no relation to the ISBN, a separately generated number for each edition of a book which incorporates a number for the country of origin, the publisher, the book number in the publisher's catalog, and a check digit to make sure the previous numbers have been generated correctly. The LCCN helped librarians order catalog cards for printed catalogs from the Library of Congress prior to the invention of computers.
Kernos wrote: "... So, where are people getting these numbers? "
If you are manually entering a book you can check the Library of Congress' catalog at http://catalog.loc.gov/ or Open Worldcat at http://www.worldcat.org/ to see if either database includes an ISBN for the exact edition you have in your hand. As a former library cataloger, I wouldn't add one unless I was positive about a complete match. The book you are reading could be a chancey, since it seems to have no publisher.
The ISBN is a separately generated number which reflects the country in which the book (or item) was issued, the "publishing" company that issued it, an individual title & edition number within the publisher's inventory, and a check digit to make sure the preceeding numbers have been assigned correctly. Publishers apply for a standard publisher number to a national issuing body that keeps track of the numbers. For more information check http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inte....
Hope this addresses your question.
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I have this 1974 edition in hand and it has no ISBN number printed anywhere in the book or on the cover. Googling the ISBN given on the GR page results in this particular edition at a number of book sites. There is even an ISBN-13 number.
So, where are people getting these numbers?
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