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    5 days ago

    That’s really cute! Is the book still in print or available anywhere new that you know of? I see that it’s available used on Amazon/Ebay, but it’d be nice to get it new if possible

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      I don’t think so. Looking up the ISBN I only found two editions, hardcover and softcover.

      That doesn’t mean there can’t be unsold stock anywhere. But books are printed in production runs, and additional runs only get printed if the first sells out without satisfying demand. I found no immediate details on different runs.

      Your best bet is likely to walk into a local reputable bookshop, give them the ISBN and ask if they could try to source you a copy in good, if not “never sold” condition. You could do it yourself, but small bookshops network with other small bookshops. There’s a giant collective inventory of books there, with copies of obscure stuff that the big stores stop carrying the second they stop selling above a certain volume. Plus ISBN has made it so that shops can query each other for specific books very easily (at least for anything published after 1970).

      The ISBN13 for the book is 9784592760849. If it had a lot of editions, there would be multiple ISBNs, one for each edition, but I found only the two. (The old 10 digit ISBN and the new).

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        Thanks for the info! Good point on checking with my local bookstore, helps them help me