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This book might well be in the Public Domain in the United States. It was published first in 1943, both in England and in the United States. As far as I can tell the US copyright wasn't renewed.-- Alfredie ( talk) 18:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC) reply

probably it is still in copyright, see the highlighted Note on this site [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dabbler ( talk • contribs) 21:23, 6 December 2007 (UTC) reply

My paperback copy of the book, bought in England in 1979, gives the first publication date and copyright date as 1942. Perhaps a mistake, or perhaps it was published in the UK in 1942 and then in the USA in 1943. Torve ( talk) 06:47, 10 September 2022 (UTC) reply