What should one do if one works on a problem and submits a paper only to find that it is already in some book?

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What should one do if one works on a problem and submits a paper only to find from the editor, that the work is already in some book? The work is is not really easy to find on the internet and was therefore missed to be noticed. But since a lot of hard work has been put in, what can one do?