Combining/Separating (Please Fix This Book!) Request Thread #29!!!

This thread is for LT'ers or thingamabrarians, or members, or their designees, to post combining or separating problems with their books.
**If a book has been combined with a book that is extremely different from the original.
**If a book won't combine with the other books just like it.
**There is a problem with the entry & it is just too overwhelming to deal with.
________________________________________...

It has been suggested many times that there be a single thread for LT'ers to post combining & separating problems so that;
** they can learn how to do it
** they can get help when needed
** just want someone else to do it (usually, they can't understand how to do it... which is normal... or don't have the time)
**and finally, those LT'ers who "enjoy" combining can have a place to look to first to see what fun can be had helping LT be the best place to catalog books.
________________________________________...

WHEN YOU POST:
Please give us HYPERLINKS or URLs, not touchstones. Hyperlinks to the pages where the problems exist are much more accurate than a touchstone when there is a problem.
Give us the title & author, plus any other information you think we might need.

Then you can just wait, "and someone will be with you shortly."
________________________________________...

Tim's Guidelines for Proper Etiquette for contacting members about their book records:

"For this topic, I still feel strongly that I'd like to consider it bad form. Many others agree with me. But a few thing I'm dictating and are angry about that. So, fine. Let's just write some guidelines up. I propose that the guidelines be something along the lines of:

*Remember that LibraryThing is used for many different reasons. The way you use and enjoy the site is not necessarily the way others do.
*Be sensitive to how the member is using LibraryThing. Approach members who show no interest in the social side more cautiously.
*Try to provide helpful information and ask questions rather than dictating.
*If the user indicates displeasure at the request, let it drop.
*When in doubt, raise the issue in the Combiners! group before sending a message."
________________________________________...

Skittles' note: I would like to add that we should ALWAYS use private comment when we absolutely must contact a LT'er, even when their response isn't private.

and yes, this thread is similar to putting all of our problems together for people to see & say, "oh, no!! LT isn't perfect!!" or "Look at all of the problems that LT has." That isn't the case here. This is a place to gather "challenges" together to make it easier & faster to "fix" them. Let's just remember that "bad" data comes from people... people who make mistakes.. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES! (ok, there are a couple of perfect people around here) Instead of complaining about the problem, let's fix it.
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Dr Mike's (aka theapparatus) note:

If both works that need to be combine have more than 200 records, please post your request in this thread:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/95602

You need staff intervention to handle that request.

________________________________________...

When this thread reaches approximately 200 posts, DO NOT POST HERE, but go to thread #30. This thread will be easier to handle if we keep it under 200. (faster loading) Please copy any notes or instructions to the new thread.
Thank you.

Feel free to add comments &/or suggestions... not just "challenges"

**There is also a Combiner's Group Information, FAQ & Discussion Thread #2 at:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/57164
That thread is for combining information, discussion in general, not for problems....

**The wiki page is here:
http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Book_combining

edit: A couple small typos fixed in the #29 thread. ~ drmike

Not sure what to do in this case. I;ve been putting keywords into the work search function, sorting by title and looking for obvious works that need to be combined.

Came across this:

http://www.librarything.com/work/7638628

Please note the cover, the tags, the ISBNs and how it;s listed under editions.

It's obvious this work:

http://www.librarything.com/work/6024638

They came up side by side when I pulled up the keyword and they're listed under the Potential work combinations section.

What am I missing here?

edit: Just noticed Praxis17 did the title. I'll drop him or her a note about it. I was asking because the Canonial title doesn;t have a history button to pull up the record. Just noticed that CK has one as well instead.

#2
I'd dismiss it as craziness, wipe the canonical title, and combine them as normal.

edited to add:
It might be someone doing some editing in catalogue view, and pasting into the wrong box. I don't think the series label matches the actual book, either.

>2 theapparatus:, 3

Secret Slaves: Erotic Stories of Bondage is an anthology. One of the stories in it is 'Introducing Daniel', which is part of the series Praxis17 recorded in CK. Thus, the entry of the series was legitimate, but changing the canonical title was not. Sean Michael is only one of the authors in the volume. Rachel Kramer Bussel is one of the editors.

ETA: I've combined the works now.

Could someone combine these?
Das schmeckt der ganzen Familie. Band 15.
http://www.librarything.com/work/4315601/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/8914146

Risotto: 40 Exquisite Classic and Contemporary Riotto Dishes
http://www.librarything.com/work/7809873/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/7809911

Koek en gebak
http://www.librarything.com/work/6056112
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/7874213

Thanks!

>5 Margrieteke: done

Could someone please combine these? I've checked the member catalogues, they are the same work.

http://www.librarything.com/work/936550
http://www.librarything.com/work/10525674
http://www.librarything.com/work/5440904

Also these May 1980 issues of National Geographic belong together.

http://www.librarything.com/work/10525827
http://www.librarything.com/work/3967232

Thanks for your help.

>7 kathrynnd: done

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/10526542
http://www.librarything.com/work/10526545
http://www.librarything.com/work/10526549

>9 Stevil2001: Done.

Please combine:

http://fi.librarything.com/work/1761181/
http://fi.librarything.com/work/3471132

Thanks :)

>11 Talvitar: Done

Please combine these:

Playground Worlds
http://www.librarything.com/work/8286823
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/9485922

That sunny dome: A portrait of Regency Britain
http://www.librarything.com/work/2004841
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/828958

St. Augustine in 90 Minutes
http://www.librarything.com/work/1098452
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/10251701

WISLEY BOOK OF GARDENING
http://www.librarything.com/work/5168010/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/821088

Thank you

13> I got them.

Combined the Donald A. Low authors....

edit: and got the rest.

Ax: Alternative Manga, Volume 1
http://www.librarything.com/work/9060854
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/10528414/

(I'd combine them myself, but my connection keeps timing out.)

Thanks!

15: I keep getting the same problem - I think it's because the author of the work is 'Various' and there are just too may editions on the combine/separate page.

Has any one had any luck trying to combine these?

15,16: I got them by adding the one by 'Various' to my catalogue and changing the author on that one.

17> Great, thank you!

Please combine:
An American in the Making: The Life Story of an Immigrant
http://www.librarything.com/work/8935958/editions/56190613
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/8669111

Thanks

19: Got it.

And these could be combined as well:

Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture
http://www.librarything.com/work/6037490/book/53700520
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/7680015

Building Assets, Building Credit
http://www.librarything.com/work/5464553/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/2896458
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/7557957/editions

Low-Income Homeownership
http://www.librarything.com/work/7555523/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/441104/editions

Diasporas in conflict : peace-makers or peace-wreckers?
http://www.librarything.com/work/6763525
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/7569934

Thanks again!

21: done

http://www.librarything.com/work/8060454

with

http://www.librarything.com/work/4811188

23: Done

Can someone please combine these comics in the Countdown series? They are all listed under different authors.

Volume 1:
http://www.librarything.com/work/4867204
http://www.librarything.com/work/8103539

Volume 2:
http://www.librarything.com/work/5203362
http://www.librarything.com/work/9571396

Volume 3:
http://www.librarything.com/work/5579437
http://www.librarything.com/work/8110063

Thanks!

25: Done.

Can someone combine the following works?

Reexamining Democracy: Essays in Honor of Seymour Martin Lipset
http://www.librarything.com/work/2905861
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/6561436

Regulating Place: Standards and the Shaping of Urban America
http://www.librarything.com/work/1795082/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/2743573/editions

Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order?
http://www.librarything.com/work/2896375
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/4926760/editions

The View From Below: Urban Politics and Social Policy
http://www.librarything.com/work/2896422/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/3965195

Thank you!

An crochet book with different authors listed

http://www.librarything.com/work/5272689
http://www.librarything.com/work/5196672

I got 28. Someone else will have to get 27.

>27 Margrieteke:
Done.

If anyone gets bored, W. Somerset Maugham needs some combining love. I just did a bunch and was getting confused between titles with collected and completed in the title so I'll let someone else do this one:

http://www.librarything.com/author/maughamwsomerset&all=1

Looks like some strays floating around.

And please combine the following works:
Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results
http://www.librarything.com/work/10107873/book/61669844
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/10215800

Mai pen rai means never mind
http://www.librarything.com/work/3262642
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/1602674
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/6399855

Melanesia: a geographical interpretation of an island world
http://www.librarything.com/work/4989478/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/4973433/editions

Shifting Cultivation: Towards Sustainability and Resource Conservation
http://www.librarything.com/work/9617214
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/8825378

Thanks again!

#32: done

Could you combine the following works?

Ecology (Key Concepts in Critical Theory)
http://www.librarything.com/work/3154423/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/10448568/editions

Ecology in the Bible.
http://www.librarything.com/work/8219082
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/2404666

If Dinosaurs Were Cats And Dogs
http://www.librarything.com/work/1886501/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/5903310

Bat ecology
http://www.librarything.com/work/4503063
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/1423951/editions

The Pueblo Indians
http://www.librarything.com/work/10312033/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/5928004

The Stormin' Normans
http://www.librarything.com/work/7529574/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/307518

Thank you

I am trying to wrap my fragile little mind around these two series, Girl Got Game and Power, both by Shizuru Seino. I think they're the same series and a quick check of the Wikipedia page shows them to be the same series:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Got_Game

When I look at the individual pages though of the works, it just doesn;t feel right to me:

Girl got game. Volume 3

http://www.librarything.com/work/9520153

Opinion?

34: Done!

Hardanger Embroideries

http://www.librarything.com/work/3512205
http://www.librarything.com/work/4848552

Also (but not with first batch)

http://www.librarything.com/work/4848560
http://www.librarything.com/work/10542523

My copy of
http://www.librarything.com/work/3966522 does not seem to match those, but I wouldn't swear to the copy it combined with.

These are all old DMC pattern books, and DMC often published without dates or individual numbers for their pattern books so it is hard to tell. One member has one each of the first two sets, so I don't think it would be a good idea to combine them all together.

ETA I found some I could do, so I need to check the work numbers above. Edit complete.

37 is done

Thank you.

Please combine:

The New Englishwoman's Garden
http://www.librarything.com/work/1410737
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/6500985
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/7240714

The Rothschild rhododendrons
http://www.librarything.com/work/10183173
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/4039707
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/3204987

Houseplants: The American Horticultural Society Illustrated Encyclopedia
http://www.librarything.com/work/9383550
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/4514354
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/334852

Compendium of Elm Diseases
http://www.librarything.com/work/2911845/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/7091828

North Carolina Native Plant Propagation Handbook
http://www.librarything.com/work/6011008/editions
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/5125941/book/28395852
Thanks

#40: done

and since you know more about the subject than I do, can you check this page??

http://www.librarything.com/combine.php?work=334852

Thank you!

Anyone else think Joan Compton needs to do something else besides books about House Plants?

#42: There is always the need for more books, even on houseplants.

I'm more concerned that they aren't combined arbitrarily because they might not be the same books, but books with similar titles (possibly truncated, too).

and there might be people who say to us "don't you need to do something else besides combining books?"

so I keep my mouth shut. :)

You can separate books if you want. :)

#42
Anyone else think Joan Compton needs to do something else besides books about House Plants?

Has the way that a phantom name is assigned to authorless works on work combination pages, like all those Joan Comptons on http://www.librarything.com/combine.php?work=334852 , been reported as a bug yet?

My fragile little mind is confused by all these fraking Battlestar Galactica dvd covers:

http://www.librarything.com/work/9426024

http://www.librarything.com/work/9426020

http://www.librarything.com/work/8508303

Are they the same or different? I combined like covers together.

>35 theapparatus: Looks like the same book to me. The Amazon covers (http://www.librarything.com/work/586346/covers) on the Girl Got Game Vol. 3 page include the one from Power!! (http://www.librarything.com/work/9520153) as well. I looked quickly at one of the manga and anime groups here, and the name change is mentioned - http://www.librarything.com/topic/74347#1921541

A couple from Dark Conspiracy:

New Orleans / ISBN 1558780807
http://www.librarything.com/work/2314250
http://www.librarything.com/work/9565348

Heart of Darkness / ISBN 1558780866
http://www.librarything.com/work/4004598
http://www.librarything.com/work/5907113

All of them Dark Conspiracy RPG material, not related to the vast group of things under the same name.

48 is done

pls combine

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/5488637
http://www.librarything.com/work/119610

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/2656742
http://www.librarything.com/work/4130560
http://www.librarything.com/work/811155

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/6506817
http://www.librarything.com/work/10399760
http://www.librarything.it/work/1706884
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/5488473
http://www.librarything.it/work/10543109

thx

50 done, though from the second pair I left this one http://www.librarything.com/work/4130560 uncombined, because it looks like a review about the book, not the book itself.

pls combine

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/10475260
http://www.librarything.com/work/2805774
(see http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-k...

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/170708
http://www.librarything.com/work/9346571
http://www.librarything.com/work/9346586

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/10356781
http://www.librarything.com/work/986284

thx

Greets:

If someone gets bored tonight, the M*A*S*H DVD collections need to be look at:

http://www.librarything.com/search_works.php?q=mash&offset=75&so=89&...

Start there and go backward and forward.

I have not idea if the "collector's editions" are the same or different from the regular dvd sets. That's another reason why I;m leaving it for someone else. I'm also out of time for the day.

thanks,
-drmike

52: Done

somebody can please fix

The Tale of Despereaux

http://www.librarything.com/search_works.php?q=The+Tale+of+Despereaux+-movie

and

The Tale of Despereaux Movie Tie-In

http://www.librarything.com/search_works.php?q=The+Tale+of+Despereaux+movie

thanks

pls combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/189748
http://www.librarything.com/work/10525637

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/3906949
http://www.librarything.com/work/7964853
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/10197527
http://www.librarything.com/work/36181
http://www.librarything.com/work/8339029
http://www.librarything.com/work/10516187
http://www.librarything.com/work/10183747
http://www.librarything.com/work/4883374

thx

pls combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/10152778
http://www.librarything.com/work/10117644
http://www.librarything.com/work/10544053
http://www.librarything.com/work/5446513
http://www.librarything.com/work/10533466
http://www.librarything.com/work/173670

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/3497278
http://www.librarything.com/work/284907

Can someone please combine Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty:

http://www.librarything.com/work/4868956
http://www.librarything.com/work/17657

56: Done (only had a few minutes)

Anyone wanna help with Ann M. Martin? There's a lot of spanish-editions listed that I can't decipher well enough to combine with their english counterparts.
http://www.librarything.com/author/martinannm

I've combined a bit on #55, but I think there is still a work which is a mix between movie and book: http://www.librarything.com/work/5445712.

#57 is also done, except for one, which seems to be the movie: http://www.librarything.com/work/10117644

#58 is also done

pls combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/71279
http://www.librarything.com/work/4096118

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/3691596
http://www.librarything.com/work/7744508
http://www.librarything.com/work/9669906
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/813636
http://www.librarything.com/work/9049874
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/5657697
http://www.librarything.com/work/7763281

thx

pls combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/87356
http://www.librarything.com/work/1270180
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/9733746
http://www.librarything.com/work/87355

thx

>55 supersidvicious: Some of the movie tie-ins seem to be different books - a shorter re-novelization of the movie as opposed to a reissue of The Tale of Despereaux with a new cover. Does anyone familiar with the tie-in editions know if any of them are the same as the novel?

Edited to add: Oh, sorry, didn't see #61. Probably those that were the same were already combined before I saw the list.

>62 supersidvicious: & 63 are done. A couple of these could be combined via the editions page; maybe you could check that first the next time, supersidvicious.

>64 bell7:: I only combined what was obviously the same. I don't know these books, so maybe more can be combined, but I think we need someone who knows that for sure.

>65 SimoneA:
I always check (actually I combined not only books but also authors), but I missed some editions. Sorry

There isn't any requirement that those making requests for combining actually try to do it themselves.

>66 supersidvicious: & 67: Oops, I didn't mean to offend or to suggest that people have to try themselves. I was just trying to give a tip, but apparantly supersivicious knows how it works already. Sorry for that!

>66 supersidvicious: & 67
no problem at all. being a male I can't do 2 things well at the same time and I'm at work ;-)

Whoo, more different author combinations:

http://www.librarything.com/work/10555184
http://www.librarything.com/work/10555185

Thanks!

>70 Stevil2001:
Done.

pls combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/26670
http://www.librarything.com/work/8338487

72 is done

Can someone get http://www.librarything.com/work/10555643 under Bellet, Alain? Unfortunately, there's currently twice as many Bellet as Alain Bellet, and Bellet is combined with Bell, E. T. which doesn't seem fixable any time soon.

74: I've had a look, but I can't see how/why 'Bellet' is combined with Bell, E. T. - if you go to the Bell, E. T. page (in an attempt to temporarily separate), there are no editions listed under that author at all, and the above work doesn't seem to appear on any of the other 'sub' author pages.

Hopefully someone with more separating experience will be able to solve this one - if some one does, can you please let me know how you did it? It's got me fascinated now!

For the moment, I've at least separated this work to a distinct author on the Bell page.

The way that LibraryThing makes an author page URL from an author's name is to strip out all punctuation and run the letters together. The author name Bellet ends up on the page /author/bellet, as does Bell, E.T. There is unfortunately no way to separate them.

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/9055573
http://www.librarything.com/work/26186
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/3378331
http://www.librarything.com/work/3576837
http://www.librarything.com/work/2000272
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/63567
http://www.librarything.com/work/6508750
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/4107745
http://www.librarything.com/work/4309086
thanks

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/1806833
http://www.librarything.com/work/3956
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/6118243
http://www.librarything.com/work/3386391

thanks

77 is done!

78: Done

76: Thanks for clearing that up for me r.orrison!

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/9914618
http://www.librarything.com/work/2997685
http://www.librarything.com/work/9748601

thanks

This book:
http://www.librarything.com/work/9668990
needs to be combined with this entry:
http://www.librarything.com/work/74571

(sorry, I can't figure out how to combine entries when the authors are different?)

The same goes for several of the other books listed under Hannah Green (1), i.e.:
http://www.librarything.com/work/3685486 and
http://www.librarything.com/work/8589490

http://www.librarything.de/work/10441546 and
http://www.librarything.de/work/1116700

http://www.librarything.de/work/10177519 and
http://www.librarything.de/work/3501479

(Not quite sure what to do with "Kinder der Freude", as it seems to be a collection of stories and I don't know whether it corresponds with any English-language title)

81 & 82: Done

Can someone please combine

Great Russian Short Stories (Laurel edition)
http://www.librarything.com/work/425636
http://www.librarything.com/work/434678

Great American Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
http://www.librarything.com/work/2423599
http://www.librarything.com/work/4798465

Great Irish Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
http://www.librarything.com/work/4676648
http://www.librarything.com/work/10557055

Great Irish Short Stories (Laurel)
http://www.librarything.com/work/434963
http://www.librarything.com/work/914238
http://www.librarything.com/work/1075202/editions

and
Great Russian Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
http://www.librarything.com/work/1209233
http://www.librarything.com/work/10557046

and finally

Great German Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
http://www.librarything.com/work/10474793
http://www.librarything.com/work/4676628

84> done.

Thanks; but I seem to have slipped one past you when editing it

Great Irish Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
http://www.librarything.com/work/4676648
http://www.librarything.com/work/10557055

is still separate.

Oops, thought I double-checked them all. Should be done done now :)

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/3584305

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/701424

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/9167258

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/4063374

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/5125282

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/8224033

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/2261993

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/2261994

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/10384254

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/8224032

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/2217322

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/4186160

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/1243208

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/10112902

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/1068510

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/5417237

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/1126661

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/551887

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/513192

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/9330238

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/8696341

Best of the Galaxy 1-4 (#88-91) are done. Double checked that I didn't miss any this time.

Cool! Thank you!

http://www.librarything.com/work/5631581

and

http://www.librarything.com/work/3421762

please

Also,

http://www.librarything.com/work/532757

and

http://www.librarything.com/work/546189

#94 & 95: done

Thanks!

http://www.librarything.com/work/3421765

and

http://www.librarything.com/work/1628978

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/10523144
http://www.librarything.com/work/10495680

97, 98: Done

pls combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/4029950
http://www.librarything.com/work/5104109

thx

100: Done

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/1501218
http://www.librarything.com/work/5410018

thanks

please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/8637007
http://www.librarything.com/work/10562745

I can;t combine these two authors. Anyone care to take a shot at it?

http://www.librarything.com/author/interweavepress

http://www.librarything.com/author/magazineinterweavepr

thanks,
-drmike

104> There seems to be a bug there. I know it has come up before, but in all those instances, when it said "This author, or form of author, does not currently have any books in LibraryThing.", it seemed to actually not have any books in LT. Reported as a bug.

ETA: 102 and 103 done

105> Both those "authors" have book though. That's what was weird.

106> Yeah, that struck me as weird, too. Thus, the bug report :)

I'm now wondering if all the other instances it's come up have also been buggy.

Would someone please clean up these three works?

English Poetry in Three Volumes: Volume I From Chaucer to Gray (http://www.librarything.com/work/804154)

English Poetry in Three Volumes: Volume II From Collins to Fitzgerald (http://www.librarything.com/work/1454371)

English Poetry in Three Volumes: Volume III From Tennyson to Whitman (http://www.librarything.com/work/666119)

Each appears to have a few entries belonging to other(s), and there are outliers for each. I'd take a shot at them myself, but I'm already so far afield I'll likely never get back to Kansas.

Thank you!

I'll have a go at no 108.

Edited to add:
They should be okay now.

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/7980872
http://www.librarything.com/work/5868579
http://www.librarything.com/work/5391884
http://www.librarything.com/work/3085804

done
http://www.librarything.com/work/320102
http://www.librarything.com/work/4459786
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/1778637
http://www.librarything.com/work/3356933
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/3321731
http://www.librarything.com/work/10427846
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/827263
http://www.librarything.com/work/3140095

thanks

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/3476085

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/7153574

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/5109915

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/7518754

#111 done :)

Please combine:

http://www.librarything.com/work/9436978
http://www.librarything.com/work/10161871

Thanks!

113: Done!

Do you know if there is any relationship between the above and: http://www.librarything.com/work/2395904 ?

I'm not familiar with the Star Wars novels at all.

111: Done, except these two:

http://www.librarything.com/work/1778637/editions
http://www.librarything.com/work/3356933/editions

Normally I'd just combine based on your advice, but the second of these, although the cover is almost identical, clearly shows the number '2' and thus appears to be a different work. All of the editions attached to the second also clearly show '2' in the title, so I'm not confident in combining them. If you can point me to something that shows that they are in fact the same thing, I (or someone else on this thread) will finish it off for you.

Also, should the above Great Afghan Books also be combined with this one?
http://www.librarything.com/work/1377600 ?

>115 TineOliver:
I don't own any of them...
For
http://www.librarything.com/work/1778637/editions
http://www.librarything.com/work/3356933/editions
maybe the 2 is for second edition, I found this pdf on the web. What's more they use the same ISBN 1893762009

http://www.librarything.com/work/3321731
could indeed be the same of http://www.librarything.com/work/1377600

thanks

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/203229

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/4886719

re: 114> I actually think we talked about the Shadows of the Empire works but the search is timing out so I can;t check.

Ones a British hardcover with additional pages while the other is the American softcover with just the pages from the comic series.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Omnibus-Shadows-Empire/dp/1595824340

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Shadows-Empire-Graphic/dp/156971181X

re: 115> Normally when I get one of those, I look to see if any user has copies of both, drop them a comment and ask them. Afraid that this didn't happen this time.

> 114, 118

Not quite the distinction-- but they are distinct. The ones I requested combined collect three different comic series: Shadows of the Empire, Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand, and Shadows of the Empire: Evolution. The other one just collects Shadows of the Empire. I'll add some disambig notices to keep this less confusing.

Oh, and can someone please combine:

http://www.librarything.com/work/10197027
http://www.librarything.com/work/10045872

Thanks!

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/3587435
http://www.librarything.com/work/3430904
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/9560353
http://www.librarything.com/work/3073654
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/91525
http://www.librarything.com/work/4029950

thanks

> 120 Done

>109 EveleenM: Thank you, EveleenM!

117 & 119: Done

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/42496
http://www.librarything.com/work/1825452
http://www.librarything.com/work/1142454
http://www.librarything.com/work/9695399
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/6290166
http://www.librarything.com/work/952110

thanks

124: Done

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/423497
http://www.librarything.com/work/3071823
http://www.librarything.com/work/7606638
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/1796954
http://www.librarything.com/work/7180615
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/1501186
http://www.librarything.com/work/5715656
http://www.librarything.com/work/5418677
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/4911302
http://www.librarything.com/work/1142734
http://www.librarything.com/work/1825458
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/3554433
http://www.librarything.com/work/5715674

thanks

126: done

>127 SimoneA:
I can't see

http://www.librarything.com/work/4911302
http://www.librarything.com/work/1142734
http://www.librarything.com/work/1825458

http://www.librarything.com/work/3554433
http://www.librarything.com/work/5715674

merged thanks

never mind everything is ok
thanks!

>128 supersidvicious:: Sorry, I must have overlooked those. They are now done!

>129 SimoneA:
:-)))

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/2786512
http://www.librarything.com/work/4930687

thanks

> 131: Done.

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/3417879
http://www.librarything.com/work/2048457

http://www.librarything.com/work/3375149
http://www.librarything.com/work/3498438

http://www.librarything.com/work/3498441
http://www.librarything.com/work/3375151

http://www.librarything.com/work/3375156
http://www.librarything.com/work/4515274
http://www.librarything.com/work/3498409

http://www.librarything.com/work/3375175
http://www.librarything.com/work/8355984
http://www.librarything.com/work/3416810 (1992 is wrong)

http://www.librarything.com/work/5508939
http://www.librarything.com/work/3375180

http://www.librarything.com/work/4789959
http://www.librarything.com/work/3445640

http://www.librarything.com/work/1724838
http://www.librarything.com/work/4762387

thanks

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/9197746
http://www.librarything.com/work/9966689
http://www.librarything.com/work/287023

thanks

any idea why this book

http://www.librarything.com/work/1268118

has as author Collector? It should be American Quilter's Society

http://www.amazon.com/Gallery-American-Quilts-1860-1989-Book/dp/089145960X

see
http://www.librarything.com/series/Gallery+of+American+Quilts

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/4346192
http://www.librarything.com/work/6322344

http://www.librarything.com/work/2161817
http://www.librarything.com/work/1551240

http://www.librarything.com/work/3744715
http://www.librarything.com/work/10135775

thanks

> 135: If you take a look at editions (http://www.librarything.com/work/1268118/editions) you'll see that a firm majority of users have entered it that way. Did "Collector Books" maybe publish or distribute it?

By the way, "combine potentials" show a couple of apparently differnt volumes also attributed to Collector Books.

http://www.librarything.com/work/4733102
http://www.librarything.com/work/2358908

Thank you.

Also,

http://www.librarything.com/work/3917370
http://www.librarything.com/work/2064781

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/123787

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/1025598

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/6084904

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/8023520

These are all entries for A Treasury of Science Fiction, Volumes 1 and 2

I'm also going to be posting to combine A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1 and then A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 2. Each one will be for a separate work.

140> the work for combined vols 1&2 is done

#141 - Thank you!

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/596513

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/9252896

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/8014210

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/3377633

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/6413493

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/2447658

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/9659596

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/9545127

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/8014218

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/123786

and:
http://www.librarything.com/work/596514

133: Done, except:
http://www.librarything.com/work/3375156 with
http://www.librarything.com/work/4515274
I don't think these should be combined.

ETA 134: Done
ETA 136: Done
ETA 138: Done
ETA 139: Done
ETA 142: Done
ETA 143: Done

msg 137, actually the majority of members have entered the book with that ISBN with no author. (American Quilter's Society is listed in WorldCat catalogue entries as an other author, but that doesn't help when LT ignores names in MARC 110 or 710 fields on entry). So unfortunately in this case the garbage Amazon entry wins out.

I will send a report to the Amazons about the bad information on their end. Wish we could do the same thing about the bad information picked up on LT's end.

>144 TineOliver:
thanks I messed it up

pls combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/3417880
http://www.librarything.com/work/1718264

http://www.librarything.com/work/5508935
http://www.librarything.com/work/2546561

http://www.librarything.com/work/3498396
http://www.librarything.com/work/1718403

http://www.librarything.com/work/4893183
http://www.librarything.com/work/3435936

http://www.librarything.com/work/5597192
http://www.librarything.com/work/1622642

thanks

>144 TineOliver:
what does ETA mean?

147: done
ETA is an abbreviation for 'edited to add'

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/5002775
http://www.librarything.com/work/9733358

http://www.librarything.com/work/4791225
http://www.librarything.com/work/6144644

http://www.librarything.com/work/7871430
http://www.librarything.com/work/8364361

http://www.librarything.com/work/7081910
http://www.librarything.com/work/9275224

http://www.librarything.com/work/7001513
http://www.librarything.com/work/3506089

thanks

150 is done

pls combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/1459563
http://www.librarything.com/work/1008457

http://www.librarything.com/work/6283587
http://www.librarything.com/work/4768037

http://www.librarything.com/work/4593249
http://www.librarything.com/work/1186678

http://www.librarything.com/work/1073646
http://www.librarything.com/work/311239
http://www.librarything.com/work/7606844

http://www.librarything.com/work/6468145
http://www.librarything.com/work/4833472
http://www.librarything.com/work/2950156

http://www.librarything.com/work/3719719
http://www.librarything.com/work/8663364

http://www.librarything.com/work/9713153
http://www.librarything.com/work/1804443

http://www.librarything.com/work/2218659
http://www.librarything.com/work/4812440

http://www.librarything.com/work/9677760
http://www.librarything.com/work/8377561

thx

I'v done #152, except for the first one. I am not so sure these are completely the same work. http://www.librarything.com/work/1459563 may just be some collection of different volumes. There is also something wrong with the editions page, so I'll leave this one separate for now.

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/2204792
http://www.librarything.com/work/1551384

http://www.librarything.com/work/3437011
http://www.librarything.com/work/1551387

http://www.librarything.com/work/1452119
http://www.librarything.com/work/3846478

http://www.librarything.com/work/3127755
http://www.librarything.com/work/1551398

http://www.librarything.com/work/6349222
http://www.librarything.com/work/1667622

http://www.librarything.com/work/1551407
http://www.librarything.com/work/1706426

http://www.librarything.com/work/5323227
http://www.librarything.com/work/1551418

http://www.librarything.com/work/1551431
http://www.librarything.com/work/3127813

http://www.librarything.com/work/1139917
http://www.librarything.com/work/1183575

http://www.librarything.com/work/270788
http://www.librarything.com/work/5349088
http://www.librarything.com/work/6495875
http://www.librarything.com/work/5339693

http://www.librarything.com/work/91427
http://www.librarything.com/work/4322219

http://www.librarything.com/work/4525926
http://www.librarything.com/work/1236997

http://www.librarything.com/work/3129425
http://www.librarything.com/work/2692183

http://www.librarything.com/work/401765
http://www.librarything.com/work/352828

http://www.librarything.com/work/8707194
http://www.librarything.com/work/7106981
http://www.librarything.com/work/5304285

http://www.librarything.com/work/1848045
http://www.librarything.com/work/1798245

http://www.librarything.com/work/1876074
http://www.librarything.com/work/1616795

http://www.librarything.com/work/1315897
http://www.librarything.com/work/2790027

http://www.librarything.com/work/1551179
http://www.librarything.com/work/3517212
http://www.librarything.com/work/3864188

thanks

These two are the same work, please combine:

http://www.librarything.com/work/131470
http://www.librarything.com/work/8654979

I got 155.

edit: Probably should have left a note on it expalining the differences in ISBNs now that I think of it. Oh well....

and: I;m working my way up 154 from the bottom but I;m about to run out of time so I won;t get far.

I;pm going to be an ass here and say I don;t think the Password quilt one should be combined. I get a different subtitle.

I combined the ones with children's tags and wound up with this: http://www.librarything.com/work/1390649 The full title on that one is "A patch work quilt of favorite tales"

The ISBN on this one: http://www.librarything.com/work/5304285

leads me here: http://fatbrain.co.uk/product/default.aspx?isbn=9781556180613 and http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Patchwork-Quilt/Louise-E-Gray/p/9781556180613

The full title on that one is Patchwork Quilt : Life on a Virginia Farm, 1910-1920, it;s 216 pages and listed as a history book, not a children's one.

There's a copy listed on ebay but that's blocked from here.

I;m going to say no on that one.

No on the AIDS one as well:

http://www.librarything.com/work/5349088 - Photos of the panels

http://www.librarything.com/work/6495875 - Looking at the Editions page, that's either a program (ie flyer) of the project or a list of names. Nothing about photos.

edit: I'll finish 154 up.

And Finished. I found lots more of those Uncoverings and am trying to fix them before I;m out of time.

Please combine these copies of No Turning Back by Richard Ellis (otherwise author Ellis Richard will require splitting and that would be such a shame. Thanks

http://www.librarything.com/work/202633
http://www.librarything.com/work/10216065

159> done!

please combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/1007880
http://www.librarything.com/work/4506594

thanks

please combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/9551577
http://www.librarything.com/work/633702
http://www.librarything.com/work/3382872

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/2299321
http://www.librarything.com/work/2836554

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/5117486
http://www.librarything.com/work/7725826

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/1073614
http://www.librarything.com/work/10353022

thanks

should you combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/5217343
http://www.librarything.com/work/8159945

?
one book has 0 copies.

thanks

166> In theory yes. But since the no copy one also has no author (and no ISBN), the question is whether it is worth the effort.

>167 MarthaJeanne:
what about erasing it completely from the database? It's an heresy?

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/3563720
http://www.librarything.com/work/10472497

thanks

please combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/2299358 (see tags)
http://www.librarything.com/work/9142049

thanks

please combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/6205727
http://www.librarything.com/work/7499653

thanks

please combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/911276
http://www.librarything.com/work/9392077

thanks

please combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/6250687
http://www.librarything.com/work/6250684

thanks

please combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/2198649
http://www.librarything.com/work/2161572

thanks

Someone has combined "Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman" with the omnibus containing it and "What do YOU Care what Other People Think". Oddly enough, they didn't combine the latter standalone into the mess while at it.

http://www.librarything.com/work/5655/editions/24962181

#175
While your link is still showing the omnibus title, all the editions are of the single work "Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman", so that seems to have been sorted. The link without that specific edition number is showing correctly:
http://www.librarything.com/work/5655

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/2439150
http://www.librarything.com/work/1856401
http://www.librarything.com/work/9795288

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/6179544
http://www.librarything.com/work/2729844

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/8137236
http://www.librarything.com/work/7606710

(see http://www.amazon.com/Best-Loved-Quilt-Patterns-Nancy-Fitzpatrick/dp/B0013EBFOM) Publisher: Oxmoor House (1991)
thanks

please combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/1964834
http://www.librarything.com/work/3781711

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/8459755
http://www.librarything.com/work/4934927
http://www.librarything.com/work/7942726

thanks

>180 supersidvicious:, 181 Done.

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/3320374
http://www.librarything.com/work/3434384

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/3891993
http://www.librarything.com/work/4501278

thanks

please combine
http://www.librarything.com/work/4773057
http://www.librarything.com/work/2163279
http://www.librarything.com/work/4249589

thanks

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/911464
http://www.librarything.com/work/1376579

thanks

>183 supersidvicious:-186 Done.

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/10104779
http://www.librarything.com/work/10062360
http://www.librarything.com/work/8320769

thanks

please combine
done
http://www.librarything.com/work/2678967
http://www.librarything.com/work/3555661
http://www.librarything.com/work/8900260

thanks

Please combine:
http://www.librarything.com/work/2696601/66195566

with:
http://www.librarything.com/work/926767

These are anthologies culled from the pages of the horror magazine Midnight Graffiti. There are also individual issues listed. These should not be combined.

Could someone combine

http://www.librarything.com/work/10031324
and
http://www.librarything.com/work/9797199

190 & 191 done. 188 and 189, too.

before moving in the next thread, please don't forget to combine 161->166 supersidvicious:, 169->174 supersidvicious:, 177->17 SimoneA:
do you prefer a single post with a lot of books do combine or multiple posts one for every edition?
thanks

I personally prefer one post, but if you number your requests within the post. E.g:

Please combine:
1. Random Work
http:// link
http:// link

2. Different Random Work
http:// link
http:// link

That way, people are less likely to do them out of order and skip them, but also it means that one of us doesn't have to do your whole post and there's a clear way of saying where we've finished up to.

It would also be really helpful if once someone's indicated that they've done part of your request that you edit your post to say "Done". E.g:

1. Random Work
http:// link
http:// link

2. Different Random Work - Done
http:// link
http:// link

That way, it's a lot more obvious what has been combined and what hasn't without having to read every post in the thread.

ETA - Although I'm happy to hear if anyone has any objections to this, this is just my personal view.

161: Done, and split off a couple Special Features:
   http://www.librarything.com/work/10585171
   http://www.librarything.com/work/10585176

162: Haven't done yet, http://www.librarything.com/work/633702/editions needs some splitting first

161 - 166: Done

167/168: It's impossible to delete an edition. I've combined them.

169: Done

170: Done. I left one edition by Barbara Brackman separate

171-174: Done
177-179: Done

+1 for going back and editing your posts as TineOliver mentions. You'll note that if I come back to add in new works, I also add in edit: And: or something along those lines.

edit: I don;t have the time right now to do those up there. Someone else is going to have to pitch in.

196>

what about adding 194 and 196 messages to message #1?

Done!

Could someone cleverer than me please combine the following works? I always seem to get stuck combining where one of the works has no author...

http://www.librarything.com/work/5151023

http://www.librarything.com/work/111520

http://www.librarything.com/work/10588269

http://www.librarything.com/work/2073263

http://www.librarything.com/work/4005329

Thanks!

And done.

And these ones:

http://www.librarything.com/work/1259933

http://www.librarything.com/work/573501

http://www.librarything.com/work/6561552

198-199: Done. The Usborne First Book of Knowledge was a bit sticky - had some vol2's mixed in. Should be sorted now.

Also, going to make a new thread and include the info from 194 and 196.

Please see thread #30 here!

Re: 197: Experience tells me that editing a post to provide additional data is confusing to some folks. I would rather have folks do what is comfortable to them to put in a request. I personally don;t have a problem with editing as I do my best to keep things straight. (Heck, I edit core files of many open source projects. As long as I keep notes, I'm fine.) If someone else would rather do up individual posts for each request, hey it's the thought that counts. They're taking the time and going out of their way to make LT better than it was before.

#200 Thanks keristars. I realised I forgot to add the author details to my posts above - sorry

Can someone please combine

Just Off the Interstate:
http://www.librarything.com/work/2543858
http://www.librarything.com/work/3033230
http://www.librarything.com/work/9597055

Current thread is http://www.librarything.com/topic/101474

Looks like someone did get 203 though.

http://www.librarything.com/work/9785743

and

http://www.librarything.com/work/5855733

are (correctly) different books.

But when you search for the Works phrase "Under The Radar", they both come up looking like 9785743 (the same title and author is shown for both). 5855733 needs a "search split."

206:
That's actually a bug in search, reported here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/100029

For combining and separating issues there's a new thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/101474