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Interesting discussion. I wonder how catalog number 6327709 the yellow mark would be qualified. It is not a reprint because this edition was published in the weekly magazine Tintin, deviating from the 1st edition album. No 1st edition but no reprint either. That is why a reissue of the story in 1st edition is correct. Are many other examples.
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January 21, 2021 18:14

The only (formal) reason why 6327709 a "First edition of a reissue Is because it is the first reissue of this comic in this Series .

Handboek Comics art..9:

Besides the regular 1st, 2nd, 3rd ……. edition Lastdodo also has the so-called “First edition of a reissue”. This name is reserved for any first printing in a revised edition. A release is considered "revised" if there is a new series and / or new publisher.

In the Books section, this definition is not always useful, because there the Book Series is usually "Miscellaneous".

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January 23, 2021 09:28

In the Books section, this definition is not always useful, because there the Book Series is usually "Miscellaneous".

@Comic Pins:

Sorry, that does not follow from the text you are quoting. After all, it says ' and / or new publisher '.

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January 23, 2021 11:13

It is not a reprint because this edition is as published in weekly magazine Tintin, deviating from the 1st edition album. No 1st edition but no reprint either. That is why a reissue of the story in 1st edition is correct.

@paulcoret:

I think you are assuming an incorrect assumption. Presumably the original edition (1st edition) is an update of the magazine version. If there is a re-edition that has been revised or enlarged or shortened (compared to the 1st edition), it will remain a reprint of the original edition. You could therefore also call 6327709 a reprint.

My main objection to the use of the term 'First edition of a reissue' is that when mentioned it is not clear what it is about. Is there a new series, a new publisher or has the content changed? You do not know. And importers often do not feel the need to provide further explanation in the Details box.

If you use 'reprint' and, for example, under Details state: First edition in this series', everyone will immediately know which item it is about.

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January 23, 2021 15:27

After all, it says 'and / or new publisher'.

With a new publisher it is clear, but if it is a reprint with the same publisher it is also sometimes a different series, a new design, or eg Paperback instead of Bound.

For comics, reprints are given a new series name with each new publisher and soft and hard covers cannot be in the same series (and even if the series does not have a real name, something is always entered).

Books usually say “Miscellaneous”, in which case this rule cannot be applied.

That's why I also said “not always ”.

By the way, I agree that with Boeken it is not at all convenient to use this pressure indication, because the publishers themselves also continue numbering.

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January 24, 2021 09:30

@Comic Pins:

I apologize for my misinterpretation.

By the way, I agree that with Boeken it is not at all convenient to use this pressure indication, because the publishers themselves also continue numbering.

Thank you for your support.

The designation 'First edition of a reissue' is also often used improperly, if the printing cannot be determined. This is sometimes difficult, especially with old books (before 1900), for example if the same print is provided with a different cover by different publishers or if the owner has had the book bound himself. For that reason it is of course important that the title page is always included as image 3.

For books that frequently change publishers and / or covers, there is also the risk that each edition will be called a 'First edition of a reissue'. Then it becomes meaningless at all. I think the purpose of our catalog is to clarify the items entered, not to raise smoke screens.

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January 25, 2021 17:17

@Tammo

How is it possible that in magazines / Newspapers the story numbers get mixed up.

See example No. 8413805

If you click on change, they are correct.

Greetings John

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January 25, 2021 18:07

Off topic. It's about books and not about Magazines / Newspapers and about a completely different subject.

It's getting a bit annoying, John!

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Well, I stumbled upon this by chance as I'm going through some old topics that interest me, and there are a few things here that aren't quite right, and a few that I think the usage does apply.

To start with the latter: In the English-speaking world, something can (in the past) have been published first in the US and then only in the UK (or vice versa). the UK). Ceteris paribus, something like this actually applies to all translations: Those 'first editions' are actually all 'First edition of a reissue'...

Furthermore: English-language 'prints' are indeed identical, and more comparable to our word 'edition'. In the English language area, "1st Edition" books are really only 1st edition, 1st edition (First Edition, First Printing) and can be recognized because the copyright page has a series of numbers
(sometimes letters) as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 or sometimes in a different order. The above example is therefore "First Edition, 3rd printing" because the omitted numbers tell which edition it is no longer, and that is also the only change. The real first edition can therefore be indicated by traders with "complete number row"

So in terms of printing, the current designation for the Dutch language area may be sufficient, but certainly not for the English language because the value of a First Edition, First Printing is significantly different (usually higher) than all subsequent ones.

See also: https://www.biblio.com/book-collecting/basics/how-to-identify-first-editions/


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Ceteris paribus something similar also applies to all translations: 
Those 'first editions'  are actually all 'First edition of a reissue'...

True, but in the catalog we call the first edition of the (first) translation 'first edition'.

So in terms of printing, the current designation for the Dutch language area may be sufficient, but certainly not for the English language because the value of a First Edition, First Printing is significantly different (usually higher) than all the following.

The layout of the catalog may not be sufficient in all cases, but fortunately we have the box 'Particulars' for any further explanation.

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 True, but in the catalog we call the first edition of the (first) translation 'first edition'.

Well it will be (and I generally do that too, but what kind of edge cases if is an American edition later released in the UK (sometimes under a different title)?
So maybe then it might be time to include that (as a result of this discussion) in the manual?

The layout of the catalog may not be sufficient in all cases, but luckily we have the 'Particulars' box for any further explanation.

No that's right: I do miss more (for example year of 1st original edition), but the manual says:

If a book is reprinted and this can be seen from the book (for example the colophon), the reprint is included separately

And according to the demonstration above, is that can be seen....

So that things can be continuously 'work in progress'  I understand, but what I already said: in any case describing edge cases and taking a stand is also a step...
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Well it will be (and that's how I generally do it, but what kind of edge cases if is an American print that is later released in the UK (sometimes under a different title)?
So then maybe it's time to include that (as a result of this discussion) in the manual?

In such a case I would add 'First UK release' under Details. That should suffice.
The same applies to the original 1st edition. That's the existing solution and I don't quite understand what your problem is with it.

I think we should take into account that:
- it concerns a limited number of books (less than one sixth of the total number).
- instructions should be as simple and clear as possible, otherwise the desired effect will not be achieved.
- until now you seem to be the only one who has difficulty with existing practice on this point.

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