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There seems to be but one way for an English author to hold at bay the piratical
publishers of the United States : it is to ... The only agreement made between
author and publisher was the interchange of letters ratifying the above
proposition .
There seems to be but one way for an English author to hold at bay the piratical
publishers of the United States : it is to ... The only agreement made between
author and publisher was the interchange of letters ratifying the above
proposition .
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I am was no longer a speculative and uncertain business therefore glad to report
that The Author has conducted in ignorance by persons who had small received
a cordial welcome from the Publisher ' s means of judging the state of the market
...
I am was no longer a speculative and uncertain business therefore glad to report
that The Author has conducted in ignorance by persons who had small received
a cordial welcome from the Publisher ' s means of judging the state of the market
...
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Does A . B . think he could find go so far as to declare that there are firms out
what share of the proceeds the author received of so - called publishers which
exist solely by and how much the publisher kept for himself , and , robbery and ...
Does A . B . think he could find go so far as to declare that there are firms out
what share of the proceeds the author received of so - called publishers which
exist solely by and how much the publisher kept for himself , and , robbery and ...
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Our people , ” he says , evidently meaning our printers and publishers , “ would I
am quite ready to believe that every one of rejoice to open this vast opportunity of
your these books is well worth the price asked for it . intellectual labours .
Our people , ” he says , evidently meaning our printers and publishers , “ would I
am quite ready to believe that every one of rejoice to open this vast opportunity of
your these books is well worth the price asked for it . intellectual labours .
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I can only tell you , as a basis volumes , the author would select the publishing for
calculation , one American publisher informed a agent , English or American ,
who could serve him friend of mine that he had sold one hundred and to best ...
I can only tell you , as a basis volumes , the author would select the publishing for
calculation , one American publisher informed a agent , English or American ,
who could serve him friend of mine that he had sold one hundred and to best ...
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Página 74 - He looked on naked nature unashamed, And saw the Sphinx, now bestial, now divine, In change and re-change; he nor praised nor blamed, But drew her as he saw with fearless line. Did he good service? God must judge, not we! Manly he was, and generous and sincere; English in all, of genius blithely free: Who loves a Man may see his image here.
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Página 88 - September one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five a draft of a convention was agreed to for giving to authors of literary and artistic works first published in one of the countries parties to the convention copyright in such works throughout the other countries parties to the convention : And whereas, without the authority of Parliament, such convention cannot be...
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Página 207 - WHEN HE WOULD HAVE HIS VERSES READ. In sober mornings, do not thou rehearse The holy incantation of a verse ; But when that men have both well drunk, and fed, Let my enchantments then be sung or read. When laurel spirts i...