Printing History and number text combinations
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I am transcribing a novel and have come across an unusual situation regarding the print history. Usually, if a book does display a printing history, it is a string of numbers such as: 12 13 14 15 ... etc. However, in this novel, the print history is indicated only by a single number and text: "11th Printing". My gut is to put it on the title page in the printing history section, as it appears in print, but I cannot find any rule that supports or discourages this. All I have found is Formats 2.3.6g(2), which states: "It is recommended that print be followed. Precede the printing history letter/numbers with the identifier 'Printing history:'."
Tenth printing lets the reader know which version of this book they have.
An ISBN number does NOT mean that every copy of a book is the same. From 1999 to 2010, there may have been alterations to this text without the need for a new ISBN number. By using "10th printing" this offers the same information as a string of numbers.
So, you chose correctly. Follow print and place this as the print history.
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