Title Disparities in Giants |
A book's title can vary depending on where in the book package you look. Such differences can lead to confusion and sometimes to ordering the wrong book from a dealer or picking up the wrong book in a bookstore. This is especially true if the title changes any place in the book package from one printing or binding to another. Taking for example Mark Twain's classic works, the book spine in the G5 binding says Tom Sawyer \\ Huckleberry Finn (where \\ indicates a line separation), the title page says The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the dust jacket spine says Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and the dust jacket cover says Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. (A fifth variation might exist, but in this case there's no title on the book cover.) Things can get really sticky if further variations exist in a different printing or binding. The Title Disparities Project is designed to help remedy this problem. The goal of this ongoing project is to list all instances where a title changes from place to place, printing to printing, and binding style to binding style. In the following table, different colors represent different title versions. In the Comments column, text in a given color refers back to the title variation in the same color. No text in a column means that there's no title in that location. Special thanks to Bill Hornick who sparked the idea for this project, spent a huge amount of time gathering the basic data, and between this and the Regulars chart sent something approaching 1,500 variations. Please send corrections and especially new additions to this table directly to me. |
Tole # |
Book Spine |
Book Cover |
Book Title Page |
DJ Spine |
DJ Cover |
Binding |
Comments |
| G002.1 | The Life of Samuel Johnson | The Life of Samuel Johnson L. L. D. | The Life of Samuel Johnson | The Life of Samuel Johnson | G5 |
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| G004.1 | The Complete Poems of Keats and Shelley | John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley \\ Complete Poetical Works | The Complete Poems of Keats and Shelley | The Complete Poems of Keats and Shelley | G5 |
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| G005.1 | Plutarch's Lives | Plutarch \\ The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans | Plutarch's Lives | Plutarch's Lives | G5 |
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| G009.3 | Great Voices of the Reformation | Great Voices of the Reformation \\ An Anthology | Great Voices of the Reformation | Great Voices of the Reformation | G5 |
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| G011.1 | The Essayes of Montaigne | The Essayes of Montaigne | The Essays of Montaigne | The Essays of Montaigne | G4 |
difference is spelling of "Essayes" or "Essays" | |
| G013.1 | The French Revolution | The French Revolution \\ A History | The French Revolution | The French Revolution | G4, G5 |
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| G014.1 | Bullfinch's Mythology | Bullfinch's Mythology \\ The Age of Fable \\ The Age of Chivalry \\ The Legends of Charlemagne |
Bullfinch's Mythology | Bullfinch's Mythology | G5 |
at dj cover bottom are listed: The Age of Fable \\ The Age of Chivalry The Legends of Charlemagne | |
| G015.2 | Don Quixote | The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha | Don Quixote | Don Quixote | G7 |
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| G016.1 | Look Homeward, Angel | Look Homeward Angel \\ The Story of a Buried Life | Look Homeward, Angel | Look Homeward, Angel | G5 |
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| G018.1 | Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen | Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen | [The eleven plays are listed] | Eleven Famous Plays by Henrik Ibsen | G4 |
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| G019.1 | The Complete Works of Homer | The Complete Works of Homer \\ The Iliad and The Odyssey | The Iliad and The Odyssey | The Complete Works of Homer | G4 |
below: The Iliad and The Odyssey | |
Tole # |
Book Spine |
Book Cover |
Book Title Page |
DJ Spine |
DJ Cover |
Binding |
Comments |
| G026.1 | Capital | Capital \\ A Critique of Political Economy | Capital | Capital | G4 |
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| G027.1 | The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man | The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life and The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex | The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man | The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man | G7 |
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| G029.1 | The Conquest of Mexico \\ The Conquest of Peru | History of the Conquest of Mexico and History of the Conquest of Peru | The Conquest of Mexico and The Conquest of Peru | The Conquest of Mexico and The Conquest of Peru | G5 |
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| The Conquest of Mexico \\ The Conquest of Peru | History of the Conquest of Mexico//and//History of the Conquest of Peru | History of the Conquest of Mexico//and//History of the Conquest of Peru | History of the Conquest of Mexico//and//History of the Conquest of Peru | G6 |
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| G031.2 | Famous Science-Fiction Stories \\ Adventures in Time and Space | Famous Science-Fiction Stories \\ Adventures in Time and Space | Famous Science Ficiton Stories \\ Adventures in Time and Space | Famous Science Ficiton Stories \\ Adventures in Time and Space | G7 |
book spine & title page have hyphen in "Science-Fiction" | |
| G032.1 | The Wealth of Nations | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations | The Wealth of Nations | The Wealth of Nations | G6 |
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| G033.1 | The Moonstone // The Woman in White | The Moonstone // and // The Woman in White | The Moonstone // and // The Woman in White | DJ Spine & Cover: The Moonstone // and // The Woman in White | G5, G6 |
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| G035.1 | A History of Greece | A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great | A History of Greece | A History of Greece | G6 |
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| G038.2 | The Tale of Genji | The Tale of Genji \\ A Novel in Six Parts \\The Tale of Genji \\ The Sacred Tree \\ A Wreath of Cloud \\ Blue Trousers \\ The Lady of the Boat \\ The Bridge of Dreams | The Tale of Genji | The Tale of Genji | G5 |
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| G040.1 | The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | G7 |
book title page has "and" while the others have "&" | |
| G041.1 | Studs Lonigan \\ A Trilogy | Studs Lonigan \\ A Trilogy Containing Young Lonigan \\ The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan \\ Judgment Day |
Studs Lonigan \\ Young Lonigan \\ The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan \\ Judgment Day | Studs Lonigan \\ Young Lonigan \\ The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan \\ Judgment Day | G5, G6, G7 |
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Tole # |
Book Spine |
Book Cover |
Book Title Page |
DJ Spine |
DJ Cover |
Binding |
Comments |
| G042.1 | The Poems and Plays of Tennyson | The Poems and Plays of Alfred Lord Tennyson | The Poems and Plays of Tennyson | The Poems and Plays of Tennyson | G5 |
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| G043.1 | Intelligence in the Modern World \\ John Dewey's Philosophy | Intelligence in the Modern World \\ John Dewey's Philosophy | John Dewey's Philosophy | Intelligence in the Modern World \\ John Dewey's Philosophy | G6, G7 |
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| G044.1 | U.S.A. \\ The 42nd Parallel \\ 1919 \\ The Big Money | U.S.A. \\ I. The 42nd Parallel \\ II. Nineteen Nineteen \\ III. The Big Money | U.S.A. \\ The 42nd Parallel \\ Nineteen Nineteen \\ The Big Money | U.S.A. \\ The 42nd Parallel \\ Nineteen Nineteen \\ The Big Money | G5 |
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| G045.2 | The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers \\ Epicurus \\ Epictetus \\ Lucretius \\ Marcus Aurelius | The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers \\ The Complete extant writings of \\ Epicurus \\ Epictetus \\ Lucretius \\ Marcus Aurelius |
The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers | The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers | G5 |
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| G047.1 | The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill | The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill | The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill \\ The Golden Age of English Philosophy | The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill \\ The Golden Age of English Philosophy | G4 |
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| G049.1 | Tom Sawyer \\ Huckleberry Finn | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | G5 |
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| G051.1 | The Best Known Novels of George Eliot \\ Adam Bede \\ Silas Marner \\ The Mill on the Floss \\ Romola | The Best Known Novels of George Eliot \\ Adam Bede \\ Silas Marner \\ The Mill on the Floss \\ Romola | Adam Bede \\ Silas Marner \\ The Mill on the Floss \\ Romola | The Best Know Novels of George Eliot \\ Adam Bede \\ Silas Marner \\ The Mill on the Floss \\ Romola | G5 |
novel titles at bottom | |
Tole # |
Book Spine |
Book Cover |
Book Title Page |
DJ Spine |
DJ Cover |
Binding |
Comments |
| G054.1 | Tom Jones | The History of Tom Jones \\ A Foundling | Tom Jones | Tom Jones | G5 |
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| G056.1 | Tristam Shandy and A Sentimental Journey | Tristam Shandy and A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy | Tristam Shandy and A Sentimental Journey | Tristam Shandy and A Sentimental Journey | G4 |
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| G057.1 | The Flowering of New England | The Flowering of New England \\ 1815 - 1865 | The Flowering of New England | The Flowering of New England | G5 |
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| G057.2 | Selected Writings of Herman Melville | Selected Writings of Herman Melville \\ Complete Short Stories \\ Typee \\ Billy Budd, Foretopman |
Selected Writings of Herman Melville | Selected Writings of Herman Melville | G5 |
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| G059.1 | The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway | The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway \\ The First Forty-Nine Stories and the Play The Fifth Column | The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway | The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway \\ The First Forty-Nine Stories & The Play "The Fifth Column" | G5 |
and vs. & italics vs. quotation marks |
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| G062.1 | The Poems, Prose and Plays of Alexander Pushkin | The Poems, Prose and Plays of Alexander Pushkin | Pushkin \\ Poems, Prose & Plays | The Poems, Prose & Plays of Pushkin | G7 |
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| G064.1 | Moby Dick | Moby Dick or The Whale | Moby Dick | Moby Dick | G5 |
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| G064.2 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln \\ A Biography | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln \\ A Biography | G7 |
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| G065.1 | The Complete Works of Rabelais \\ Gargantua and Pantagruel | The Complete Works of Rabelais \\ The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel | The Complete Works of Rabelais | The Complete Works of Rabelais \\ The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel | G5, G6 |
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| G066.1 | Three Famous Murder Novels | Three Famous Murder Novels \\ Before the Fact \\ Trent's Last Case \\ The House of the Arrow | Three Famous Murder Novels \\ Before the Fact \\ Trent's Last Case \\ The House of the Arrow | Three Famous Murder Novels \\ Before the Fact \\ Trent's Last Case \\ The House of the Arrow | G5 |
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Tole # |
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Book Cover |
Book Title Page |
DJ Spine |
DJ Cover |
Binding |
Comments |
| G068.1 | The Selected Works of Tom Paine and Citizen Tom Paine | The Selected Works of Tom Paine & Citizen Tom Paine | Tom Paine | The Selected Works of Tom Paine and Citizen Tom Paine | G5 |
and vs & | |
| G069.1 | 101 Years' Entertainment | 101 Years' Entertainment \\ The Great Detective Stories 1841 - 1941 | 101 Years' Entertainment | 101 Years' Entertainment \\ The Great Detective Stories 1841 - 1941 | G5 |
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| G070.1 | Complete Poetry & Selected Prose of John Donne & Complete Poetry of William Blake | The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne & The Complete Poetry of William Blake | The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne and The Complete Poetry of William Blake | The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne and The Complete Poetry of William Blake | G5 |
& vs and | |
| G078.1 | The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes | The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes \\ His Speeches, Essays, Letters and Judicial Opinions | The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes | The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes \\ His Speeches, Essays, Letters, and Judicial Opinions | G5 |
No comma after Letters | |
| G079.1 | The Wisdom of Israel | The Wisdom of Israel \\ An Anthology | The Wisdom of Israel | The Wisdom of Israel | G5 |
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| G082.1 | The Faulkner Reader | The Faulkner Reader \\ Selections from the Works of William Faulkner | The Faulkner Reader | The Faulkner Reader \\ "The Sound and the Fury" (complete) \\ Selections from Other Novels \\ Three Novellas \\ Nine Stories \\ The Nobel Prize Address, etc. | G5 |
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| G083.1 | The Shock of Recognition | The Shock of Recognition \\ The Development of Literature in the United States Recorded by the Men Who Made It | The Shock of Recognition | The Shock of Recognition \\ The Development of Literature in the United States Recorded by the Men Who Made It | G5 |
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Tole # |
Book Spine |
Book Cover |
Book Title Page |
DJ Spine |
DJ Cover |
Binding |
Comments |
| G084.1 | Medieval Epics | Medieval Epics \\ Beowulf \\ The Song of Roland \\ The Nibelungenlied \\ The Cid | Medieval Epics \\ Beowulf \\ The Song of Roland \\ The Nibelungenlied \\ The Cid | Medieval Epics \\ Beowulf \\ The Song of Roland \\ The Nibelungenlied \\ The Cid | G6 |
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| G090.1 | Philosophies of Art and Beauty | Philosophies of Art and Beauty \\ Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger | Philosophies of Art and Beauty \\ Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger | Philosophies of Art and Beauty \\ Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger | G7 |
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| G095.1 | The World of Opera \\ The Story of Its Development and the Lore of Its Performance | The World of Opera \\ The Story of Its Development and the Lore of Its Performance | The World of Opera | The World of Opera \\ The Story of Its Development and the Lore of Its Performance | G6 |
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| G096.1 | The Writings of William James | The Writings of William James \\ A Comprehensive Edition | The Writings of William James | The Writings of William James \\ A Comprehensive Edition | G7 |
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| G099.1 | The Cotton Kingdom | The Cotton Kingdom \\ A Traveler's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States | The Cotton Kingdom | The Cotton Kingdom | G7 |
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| G100.1 | The Children of Sanchez | The Children of Sanchez \\ Autobiography of a Mexican Family | The Children of Sanchez | The Children of Sanchez \\ Autobiography of a Mexican Family | G7 |
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| G101.1 | The English Romantic Poets | The English Romantic Poets \\ An Anthology with Commentaries | The English Romantic Poets \\ An Anthology with Commentaries | The English Romantic Poets \\ An Anthology with Commentaries | G7 |
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| G102.1 | Between Hume and Mill \\ An Anthology of British Philosophy, 1749 - 1843 | Between Hume and Mill \\ An Anthology of British Philosophy, 1749 - 1843 \\ Selected Readings from Hartley to Ferrier | Between Hume and Mill \\ An Anthology of British Philosophy, 1749 - 1843 \\ Selected Readings from Hartley to Ferrier | Between Hume and Mill \\ An Anthology of British Philosophy, 1749 - 1843 \\ Selected Readings from Hartley to Ferrier | G7 |