Copyright on 1927 German book

Published by: rose 2010-03-18

Powell's Books - Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 2 ::
Volume 2 of Selected Writings, covering the years 1927 to 1934, displays the full Michael W. Jenningsis Professor of German, <>Princeton University.
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I want to know whether a particular book is in in the United States. The book was published in Germany in 1926. I am aware of the general rules about the length of US , renewal and etc. By my understanding, the book almost certainly never had or lost US , but may have been restored through GATT, if the German edition is still in . The author is "Helmut Berve." The title is "Das Alexanderreich, auf prosopographischer Grundlage." The book was published in 1926 and 1927 (2 volumes). It was reprinted by Arno press in New York in 1973. As stated, please don't answer general info on , or the URL of the US office.

AXE - Special Collections - E. Haldeman-Julius - Checklist of the ::
Part three of the Checklist of the Little Blue Books (1001-1500) Masterpieces of German Humor. [1926.] 1037. Get Ready the Wreaths [by] Fannie Hurst. [1926], c1918. Reprinted from Gaslight Sonatas (New Copy- right renewed 21 Aug. 1953. 1064. The Simplicity of Radio [by] Powel Crosley, Jr. [1927], c1926.
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This book was reprinted in 1999 (2 volumes): http://www.olms.de/mcgi/shop/produkt2.cgi?T=1111047453&aref=1422 http://www.olms.de/ Currently available (ISBN: 3-487-10518-7).

Just in case it matters how many years have passed since the author's death. Helmut Berve died in 1979 (born in 1896): http://www.saw-leipzig.de/sawakade/2mitglie/b.html http://www.badw-muenchen.de/mitglieder/v_mit.html More on "Das Alexanderreich auf prosopographischer Grundlage": http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb1/AGiW/Auditorium/Historik/Berve.htm

André Gide / Journals, vol. 2: 1914-1927::
2: 1914-1927. Author: André Gide Editor/Other: Translated from the French and Annotated by Justin O'Brien and social events of the day, from the Dreyfus case to the German occupation. Visit the Google Book Search page for this title Copyright 2009 © by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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Authors condemned by Nazi book-burners, 10 May 1933::
Authors cited by name at a Nazi book-burning ceremony, 10 May 1933. As Editor of Weltbühne (1927), exposed German military's violations of Versailles
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I suppose that this is the question myoarin-ga has in mind: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=497428 i.e. comment by hummer-ga on 20 Mar 2005 10:06 PST.

Thanks. That's interesting. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the question by itself. It's possible the statement solves it, but it may not either.

I suppose you've noticed or know that Olms opened "a branch ... in New York" (1970): http://www.olms.de/geschichte/olms_history.html

Somewhere very recently there was a question and answer about copywrite, and a commenter pointed out that in the European Union copywrite law has been "unified" as one would say in the States: protection for the life of the author plus 70 (seventy) years, 80 in Spain, and in France, 84 yrs and some odd days to compensate for the years of occupation during WW II.