Learn Objective-C on the Mac (paperback, 2009): version 2

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# Learn Objective-C on the Mac (paperback, 2009) <!--product-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 09781430218159
name: Learn Objective-C on the Mac (paperback, 2009)
family: family/learn-objective-c-on-the-mac
default_observation: ed1
summary: First-edition Apress paperback teaching Objective-C for Mac OS X, by Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster.
brand: brand/apress
category: category/10000926
country_of_sale: US, GB
pack_format: softcover
last_seen: 2026-09-17
last_seen_note: Offered on Amazon.com as marketplace used and new copies on 17 September 2026; no new copy sold by the retailer itself.
superseded_by: 09781430241881
superseded_note: Second edition, Learn Objective-C on the Mac: For OS X and iOS (Apress, 2012), softcover ISBN 978-1-4302-4188-1, with Waqar Malik added as co-author.
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role                | target           | market | from | until | ended | status  | source       | note                                                                                                          |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| published_by        | company/apress   | global |      |       |       | sourced | ^apress      | Publisher named in the publisher's own bibliographic block for softcover ISBN 978-1-4302-1815-9.              |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/apress   | global |      |       |       | sourced | ^apressabout | The Apress imprint is the publishing house's own brand.                                                       |
| distributed_by      | company/springer | global |      |       |       | sourced | ^openlibrary | Title-page statement recorded in the library record: "Distributed to the trade worldwide by Springer Verlag". |
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## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status  | source                                                                                    | note                                                                                                                                               | observed   | condition | origin | price     |
| ------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | --------- |
| US      | sourced | ^apress                                                                                   | Publisher's own page offered the softcover at USD 39.99, marked "price for USA"; read from the 11 July 2017 capture.                               | 2017-07-11 | new       |        | USD 39.99 |
| US      | sourced | https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Objective-C-Mac-Scott-Knaster/dp/1430218150                  | Amazon.com listing printing this ISBN; only marketplace copies were offered, lowest USD 2.23 across used and new, so the price is not retail.      | 2026-09-17 | used      |        | USD 2.23  |
| GB      | derived | https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781430218159/Learn-Objective-C-Mac-Series-Mark-1430218150/plp | AbeBooks.co.uk lists UK sellers offering this ISBN, used from GBP 2.20 and new from GBP 35.11; a second-hand marketplace, not a publisher listing. | 2026-09-17 | used      |        | GBP 2.20  |
| GB      | sourced | ^amazon-gb                                                                                | Amazon UK listing 1430218150 prints barcode 9781430218159 in stock                                                                                 | 2026-09-17 | new       |        | GBP 29.64 |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                        | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Learn Objective-C on the Mac                | name   | en     |      |       |
| Learn Objective–C on the Mac (Learn Series) | search | en     |      |       |
| Learn Objective-C on the Mac (Volume 0)     | search | en     |      |       |
| 1430218150                                  | search |        |      |       |
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## Book <!--book-->
authors: Mark Dalrymple, Scott Knaster
imprint: brand/apress
publisher: company/apress
series: Learn Series
edition: 1st edition
binding: paperback
pages: 360
language: en
published: 2009
isbn10: 1430218150
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## Observations <!--observations-->
| id  | label                                | kind    | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed   | status    | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source  | note                                                                                                                     | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| --- | ------------------------------------ | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| ed1 | First edition softcover, Apress 2009 | edition | global | en       | 2009       |             | 2026-09-17 | supported |                  |                         |                          | ^apress | Publisher's bibliographic block: edition number 1, copyright 2009, XXII and 360 pages, softcover ISBN 978-1-4302-1815-9. |             |               |             | softcover   |              |
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## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain        | state          | detail                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | source       |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| ed1         | identity      | disputed       | Publication year: Apress gives copyright 2009 and Open Library records 2009, while AbeBooks records 2008 for the same ISBN. A late-2008 release carrying a 2009 copyright would explain both, but no source read states the month.  | ^abebooks    |
| ed1         | identity      | disputed       | Page count: the publisher states XXII, 360 pages; the library MARC record behind the Open Library edition says xxi, 337 p. The publisher's figure is recorded here.                                                                 | ^openlibrary |
|             | markets       | unknown        | Current availability is unconfirmed, so status is left unset: link.springer.com, which now carries Apress titles, answers a bot challenge and an SSO redirect, and no new-copy publisher or retailer listing could be read in 2026. | ^apress      |
|             | relationships | not_applicable | The barcode is an ISBN in the 978 Bookland range, which carries no GS1 company prefix, so no gs1_prefix_owner is recorded; the registrant element 1-4302 is Apress's own ISBN publisher prefix.                                     |              |
|             | markets       | unknown        | Amazon storefronts other than amazon.com, and the UK and Australian booksellers found by search (lovereading.co.uk, boomerangbooks.com.au), refused the fetch, so no listing is cited for DE, FR, CA or AU.                         |              |
|             | images        | unknown        | No freely licensed picture of this cover was found: Open Library's cover scan and the retailer images carry no reuse licence, and the Internet Archive scan of the book is dark.                                                    |              |
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## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-17
note: Built on the wanted queue from the publisher's archived bibliographic page, the Open Library edition record, the Amazon.com and AbeBooks listings and the 2009 capture of the original Barcodepedia page.
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## Meta <!--meta-->
title: Learn Objective-C on the Mac (paperback, 2009) – ISBN 9781430218159
description: Apress's 2009 first-edition paperback by Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster, ISBN 978-1-4302-1815-9: publisher data, editions and where it has been listed.
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## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                                                                                                               | title                                                                                 | accessed   | publisher    | kind         | published  | record_id         | locator                   | licence | attribution  | upstream |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------- | ----------------- | ------------------------- | ------- | ------------ | -------- |
| apress      | https://web.archive.org/web/20170711071615id_/http://www.apress.com/us/book/9781430218159                                         | Apress: Learn Objective-C on the Mac (archived publisher page)                        | 2026-09-17 | Apress       | manufacturer | 2017-07-11 | 978-1-4302-1815-9 | Bibliographic Information |         |              |          |
| apressabout | https://link.springer.com/brands/apress/about                                                                                     | About Apress                                                                          | 2026-09-17 | Apress       | manufacturer |            |                   |                           |         |              |          |
| apress2     | https://web.archive.org/web/20190212181950/https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781430241881                                           | Apress: Learn Objective-C on the Mac – For OS X and iOS (archived publisher page)     | 2026-09-17 | Apress       | manufacturer | 2019-02-12 | 978-1-4302-4188-1 | Bibliographic Information |         |              |          |
| openlibrary | https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781430218159                                                                                        | Learn Objective-C on the Mac (Open Library edition record)                            | 2026-09-17 | Open Library | catalogue    |            | OL25151755M       |                           | CC0     | Open Library |          |
| amazon      | https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Objective-C-Mac-Scott-Knaster/dp/1430218150                                                          | Learn Objective-C on the Mac (Volume 0) – Amazon.com                                  | 2026-09-17 | Amazon.com   | retailer     |            | 1430218150        |                           |         |              |          |
| abebooks    | https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781430218159/Learn-Objective-C-Mac-Series-Mark-1430218150/plp                                         | Learn Objective-C on the Mac – AbeBooks.co.uk copies for this ISBN                    | 2026-09-17 | AbeBooks     | retailer     |            | 9781430218159     |                           |         |              |          |
| oldsite     | https://web.archive.org/web/20090627093631/http://en.barcodepedia.com/9781430218159/learn-objectivendashc-on-the-mac-learn-series | Barcodepedia (2006-2013): 9781430218159 – Learn Objective–C on the Mac (Learn Series) | 2026-09-17 | Barcodepedia | other        | 2009-06-27 |                   |                           |         |              |          |
| amazon-gb   | https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1430218150                                                                                            | Learn Objective-C on the Mac                                                          | 2026-09-17 | Amazon.co.uk | retailer     |            | 1430218150        | product details, barcode  |         |              |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Learn Objective-C on the Mac is Apress's 2009 paperback introduction to Objective-C, the language behind Mac OS X and iPhone software, written by Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster and taught throughout with Apple's free Xcode tools.[^apress] The barcode is the softcover ISBN 978-1-4302-1815-9: one first edition, XXII plus 360 pages, copyright Apress 2009, sold beside an eBook edition under ISBN 978-1-4302-1816-6.[^apress] Apress is the New York technology publisher whose list Springer Nature now carries, and Springer distributed this printing to the trade worldwide.[^apressabout][^openlibrary] Apress replaced the book in 2012 with a second edition subtitled For OS X and iOS, which added Waqar Malik as a third author.[^apress2] The title was one of the barcodes people still looked for on the original 2006-2013 Barcodepedia, whose 2009 page recorded the same authors and publisher.[^oldsite]
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