Talk:List of Armed Services Editions

Latest comment: 4 years ago by PlaysInPeoria in topic 1324 Books

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This article / list includes 1,322 different books, yet Editions for the Armed Services, Inc.: a history, together with the complete list of 1324 books published for American armed forces overseas (1948) includes 1,324 books. Before I compare the different published lists, what caused the difference in count? (The 1948 book, like the Wikipedia list, is organized by book number.) PlaysInPeoria (talk) 00:44, 27 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

PlaysInPeoria, this is explained in Armed Services Editions: "The number of ASEs is given as 1,322 or 1,324 in different sources. The Library of Congress's catalog record lists 1,322 volumes and explains: 'The last listed number is 1322, the discrepancy between that and the number 1324 mentioned in the title [of John Jamieson's 1948 history of the ASEs] probably being due to the use of sub-categories with non-consecutive numbers during the course of publication'". Sandstein 06:40, 27 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
Sandstein, thank you! PlaysInPeoria (talk) 22:37, 27 March 2020 (UTC)Reply