Nowell-Smith, Simon International Copyright Law and the Publisher in the Reign of Queen Victoria (Lyell lectures,1965/6) , London: Oxford University Press, 1968.

Illustrated by Illustrated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0198181337 Dust jacket slight wear to edges, price clipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Slight bump to corners. No ownership inscription.Frontis plate. xii, 122 pages clean and tight. International copyright legislation was born in the first year of Queen Victoria's reign, when `piracy' was rife in the British dominions, in North America, and in Europe. These lectures review the confusions in British statute and case law before the Berne Convention of 1887, and the implications of the first United States international copyright act of 1891. As a bibliographer, Mr. Nowell-Smith is less concerned with authors' battles to secure copyright protection abroad than with the practical effects of developing legislation on the techniques of publishing and printing. Particular attention is given to colonial problems which, in this context, have hitherto been little explored. (Book ref. 124431)  £86.00

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