Sherlock Holmes Among the Pirates: Copyright and Conan Doyle in America 1890-1930 (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)

312 Pages·1990·31.06 MB·English

by  Donald A. Redmond

SHERLOCK HOLMES
AMONG
THE
PIRATES
and Conan
Copyright Doyle
in America 1890-1930
Donald A. Redmond
The Herbert T. Silverberg
Entertainment/Communications Law
Memorial Book Fund
Presented to the Stanford Law Library
by Charles D. Silverberg, J.D. 1955
CL_

Sherlock Holmes
Among the Pirates
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^SHERLOCK HOLMES
AMONG THE
PIRATES
and Conan
Copyright Doyle
America 1890-1930
in
Donald A. Redmond
Contributions to the Study of World Literature, Number 36
Greenwood Press
New York Westport, Connecticut London
Library ofCongressCataloging-in-Publication Data
Redmond, Donald Aitcheson.
Sherlock Holmes among the pirates : copyright and Conan Doyle in
America 1890-1930/ Donald A. Redmond.
p. cm. (Contributions tothe studyofworld literature,
ISSN0738-9345 ; no. 36)
ISBN0-313-27230-1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Characters Sherlock
Holmes. 2. Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Bibliography.
3. Copyright Unauthorized editions United States. 4. Detective
andmystery stories, English Bibliography. 5. Holmes, Sherlock
(Fictitious character) Bibliography. I. Title. II. Series.
PR4624.R43 1990
823'.8 dc20 89-27280
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Copyright 1990byDonaldA. Redmond
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LibraryofCongress Catalog Card Number: 89-27280
ISBN: 0-313-27230-1
ISSN: 0738-9345
First published in 1990
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