[bksvol-discuss] Re: What's with the Countdown
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:33:41 -0800 (PST)
A book collector explained to me that those numbers
indicate the edition. If a book has all ten numbers,
it is a first edition. It doesn't matter if they are
consecutive or, as you'll sometimes see, the odd
numbers are on one side and the even on the other. If
the numbers start with, say, 2 or 3, it is the third
time the book has been published ot reprinted.
I think they are a fairly recent thing. I haven't seen
them in old books.
The collector told me that those numbers ae more truly
indicative of first editions, because sometime the
publisher forgets to remove the words First Edition
when a book is re-published.
Cindy
--- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Evan,
> That's printed in a lot of books, in fact it
> usually counts down from 10. I think it might have
> something to do with the edition or printing or
> something along those lines. BTW it doesn't always
> start with 10 and end with 1, but that is a common
> example.
>
> HTH,
> Jake
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Evan Reese
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:25 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What's with the
> Countdown
>
>
> A very trivial question, but on several books I've
> checked lately, at the bottom of the page with the
> copyright info and ISBN and so forth is written:
> 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
>
> Anyone know what that's about?
>
> Just wondering.
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