06-25-2008, 10:44 PM
Three suggestions:
1. Check the Copyright Office database to see what else the author and publisher have registered and at what addresses.
http://www.copyright.gov/records/
Unfortunately, the online records only go back to 1978. To search beyond that you'd need to be/know someone who has access to the Library of Congress where searches may be done in person (almost anyone can get a library card for the Library of Congress) or you could pay a fee to have a staff-member search their catalog for you.
But if the author was prolific, he's probably got works registered in the "modern" catalog.
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2. Go to a physical LIBRARY and check their catalog for works published by the same guy and see if you can find another publisher or address for him. You may need help from a reference librarian to do this, but most local libraries now have the ability to search the catalogs from other libraries, including colleges that often keep collections of oddities such as old "old gun books".
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3. Finally, why don't you submit the name of the author, the book and the publisher HERE? Some of us are probably better at Googling than you are and hiding that information when you're ostensibly performing a diligent search is not being responsible.
1. Check the Copyright Office database to see what else the author and publisher have registered and at what addresses.
http://www.copyright.gov/records/
Unfortunately, the online records only go back to 1978. To search beyond that you'd need to be/know someone who has access to the Library of Congress where searches may be done in person (almost anyone can get a library card for the Library of Congress) or you could pay a fee to have a staff-member search their catalog for you.
But if the author was prolific, he's probably got works registered in the "modern" catalog.
...
2. Go to a physical LIBRARY and check their catalog for works published by the same guy and see if you can find another publisher or address for him. You may need help from a reference librarian to do this, but most local libraries now have the ability to search the catalogs from other libraries, including colleges that often keep collections of oddities such as old "old gun books".
...
3. Finally, why don't you submit the name of the author, the book and the publisher HERE? Some of us are probably better at Googling than you are and hiding that information when you're ostensibly performing a diligent search is not being responsible.