[DCRM-L] Cutting a Goddardian knot

[Noble, Richard]

Notes in newly created OCLC record #900650796 are enough to indicate the
dilemma I faced, with the plethora of records for this title having never
quite got down to the facts.

While a case might be made (contra Bowers, I think) for treating the
variant title pages as denoting two different issues, this is not a
distinction easily maintained in the WorldCat environment; and if I were a
bibliographer I'd make a single entry for this title and treat the title
pages a press-variant, as a better strategy for pulling the story together.

Comments?

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