Which edition of the book?
Record the edition independently, including a first edition when you’ve identified it.
COPYRIGHT-PAGE RECOGNITION
The small print.
Kept with your copy.
Photograph a copyright page, review suggested edition and printing details, and keep the original page beside your book’s record.
Bookshelf for iPhone
BookshelfCopyright-page reference
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Your copy · Saved page photoILLUSTRATIVE NUMBER LINE10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Possible first printing
Review before applying.
- Edition
- Not identified
- Printing suggestion
- 1st printing
You review the suggestion. Your copy keeps the original photo.
Illustrative app screen and copy details
Edition and printing.
Two different details.
Which print run of that edition?
A later edition can have its own first printing. A “1” in a number line alone does not establish that a book is a first edition.
Bookshelf keeps the two fields separate, so your record says what you actually know.
From the page
to your record.
Keep the source.
Save a copyright-page photo with your copy. The small print stays available when you want another look.
Check the suggestion.
The app can suggest edition and printing details from the page. Review them before applying; publisher conventions vary.
Save what you’ve confirmed.
Keep edition and printing alongside binding, condition, and your own notes. An unidentified detail can stay unknown.
See the collection you’re building.
Choose first-edition and first-printing counts for your library. Each uses its own recorded field, and unknown numbers are excluded. Signed copies and special editions have their own count options too.
Recognition helps with recording details; the suggestion and pictured example are not an authentication of a book or signature.
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Bookshelf for iPhone. In development by Russell Apps.
Also designed for iPad and Apple-silicon Mac.