Stop, You're Killing Me! Author and Book Info - Search Page New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors The aim of this site is to catalog all deceased authors, all authors of books published before 1964, and at least some more recent authors, including their full name(s), date of death, date of birth, pseudonyms, sex & nationality (for those who died from 1920 onwards), and their books published before 1964. The purpose of this site is: by cataloging the dates of death of authors, to enable the determination of the expiry of their copyright where a “life + x years” rule applies. Where the date of death is unavailable, the date of birth or date of their first publication can be used to set an upper limit to the duration of copyright – see my Authors by Year of Death webpages to see whose copyright expires each year in the near future. by cataloging the dates of publication of books, to enable the determination of the expiry of their copyright where a “publication + x years” rule applies. This is a mammoth project, and is only partially complete. General abbreviations:
19th-Century Girls' Series List of Stratemeyer Syndicate series This list of Stratemeyer Syndicate series gives the titles of all series produced by the book-packaging firm the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The Syndicate was founded by Edward Stratemeyer and is best known for producing the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Rover Boys, and Tom Swift series. The Syndicate produced these and many other series in assembly-line fashion: one person wrote the outline for a story or series of stories, another wrote the story itself, and often still another edited the work. Most Syndicate books were published under pseudonyms. The authors named in this list are those credited as having written the series; in most cases, the names are fictitious. The Syndicate was founded in 1905.[1][2] However, Edward Stratemeyer was writing series books and outlines and hiring ghostwriters before the Syndicate's incorporation; his Rover Boys series, first published in 1899 under the name Arthur M. Series[edit] Notes[edit] References[edit] Baumann, David M (July 2005).
Quill & Brush | Book Collecting Tips | First Edition Identification by Publisher First-Edition Identification by Publisher In the case of titles published before 1900, the key to first-edition identification is often the date on the title page. The vast majority of first editions published before 1900 had the year of publication on the title page (this is true for fiction and nonfiction titles). The presence of a date on the title page alone may identify books published prior to the mid-1800s as first editions. In the early 1900s, many publishers began to identify the first edition on the copyright page. Books with "First and Second Printings before Publication" are second printings. Over the past few decades, the majority of publishers have used a number row on the copyright page to identify a book's printing and occasionally the date of publication. "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"and "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" all indicate a first edition "76 77 78 79 80 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2" indicates a second printing published in 1976 First Edition 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 and D.
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