The history of sexuality multi-volume ISBN mashup

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The history of sexuality multi-volume ISBN mashup

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1LunaSlashSea
Oct 4, 2011, 5:04 pm

The ISBNs (and other information) for Michel Foucault's three volumes of "The History of Sexuality" (The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction, The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2: The Use of Pleasure, and The history of sexuality. 3, The care of self) appear to be mixed up. Clicking on the ISBN for volume 3 will take you volume 2, volume 2 to volume 1, etc. Each volume as some information information from one volume and other information for a different volume, most notable title, CK:Series, description, and cover but there could be others.

2lilithcat
Edited: Oct 4, 2011, 5:19 pm

Maybe some editions have been improperly combined?

3theapparatus
Oct 4, 2011, 5:52 pm

>Maybe some editions have been improperly combined?

Sounds familiar

LunaSlashSea, if you happen to know which ISBNs go with which volumes, it would be a help. :)

4AnnieMod
Oct 4, 2011, 6:08 pm

And then there will be at least a few that are just entered with the wrong ISBN...

5theapparatus
Oct 4, 2011, 7:56 pm

{singing}You can't always get what you want....{/singing}

6eromsted
Oct 4, 2011, 8:38 pm

I've moved the mis-assigned editions that I could find. There are also a few editions with an ISBN that does not match the title. My practice is to go with the title in those cases, so there will continue to be some problems on the ISBN search; at least until we get that ratty data flag.

But, LunaSlashSea, I'm not sure what you meant by "Clicking on the ISBN." Were you referring to the site-wide search, or something else?

7rsterling
Oct 4, 2011, 9:36 pm

Some library sources catalog multi-volume works as a single work, and only send back one ISBN for the lot - typically the ISBN for volume 1.

But yes, it's not clear whether the OP is reporting a problem about adding books, searching for works already on LT, or something else.

8LunaSlashSea
Oct 4, 2011, 10:12 pm

Yes, I was refering to the site-wide search. Here are the ISBNs I was able to find:

The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction
0679724699
0394417755
978-0679724698
978-0394417752
0140551549
978-0140551549
0713910941
978-0713910940
0140222995
978-0140222999
0394740262
978-0394740263

The History of Sexuality, Vol. 2: The Use of Pleasure
0140137343
978-0140137347
0394751221
978-0394751221
0670809896
978-0670809899
0140552138
978-0140552133

The History of Sexuality, Vol. 3: The Care of the Self
0394741552
978-0394741550
0140137351
978-0140137354
0713990023
978-0713990027