Two substantially different but similar cases: Are they the same in terms of table cadinality?
It's common to confuse a Thing (a physical book) with the Specification of that Thing (the idea of the book)

Say you have a Book Specification:

Title: Moby Dick
Format: Hard Cover
ISBN: 0840769008


Then you also have a Book Asset:

ISBN: 0840769008 (refers to Specification)
Serial Number: 1234
Condition: poor


People can borrow a Book Asset (I borrowed a particular copy). 

People can reserve a Book Specification (I want to borrow that book but I don't care which copy I get)

So in your case, for one book, you'd have a specification for it, and one asset. For multiple, you'd have one specification and multiple assets

You'd design the same schema for both scenarios, by using Specification has many Assets, Asset belongs to Specification