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Why? Anonymous Thu Oct 8 21:44:29 2020 No.16538223 [View]
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Hi, I've noticed many books have different publications but what gets me is the sheer number of pages that could differ.

For example, according to wikipedia (probably a bad source) the first edition of Ulysses by James Joyce has 730 pages. Why then did I find Ulysses by James Joyce with a newer ISBN with 1040 pages, sometimes i'll find one with 684.

Newfag reader here. I understand newer/older publications but how could the page numbers differ so drastically, what am I missing? Should I not worry about the book and just buy or can I verify validity somewhere? Ulysses was an example, this obviously goes for many books.

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