You lucked out if like you said they actually send the right one. I saw it on Amazon one time for $25 but didn't buy it because I didn't trust that they listed it right and it would end up being the wrong thing. I imagine there is some law to make it illegal to do that with the binding although I don't really know. If you can find a place to do it i'd say go for it, luckily enough I seem to be the only one checking it out from the libraries around here since its always checked in when I need it. Not sure whats going on with Gulf they stopped printing Alan Tennants snake field guide for a while too but eventually it came back into print. That sucks that Bartlett doesn't have a copy I had thought of trying to email him through Reptiles magazine or something to ask about it.