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Kirsten Wever wrote: January 20th, 2022, 8:26 am THIS PROJECT IS ON HOLD.

We are trying to find the 1926 edition, first printing IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (The United States first edition, 1926, doesn't clear copyright until the beginning of next year.)
The first edition published in the U.S. was in 1927. I have a reprint copy of the US edition with a clearance from Project Gutenberg. It can't be worked on until January 1, 2023.

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gweeks wrote: January 20th, 2022, 11:32 am
Kirsten Wever wrote: January 20th, 2022, 8:26 am THIS PROJECT IS ON HOLD.

We are trying to find the 1926 edition, first printing IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (The United States first edition, 1926, doesn't clear copyright until the beginning of next year.)
The first edition published in the U.S. was in 1927. I have a reprint copy of the US edition with a clearance from Project Gutenberg. It can't be worked on until January 1, 2023.

Greg
Apologies, Greg - I wrote it wrong but wrought it right,. :?

Anyhow I don't think anyone can see this thread but LV folk.

I'm having more trouble than I expected getting the library machineries to move in my search for the British published 1926 edition. I think that it is partly a matter of covid and related economic cutbacks, as you have experienced.

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It's midnight in Newfoundland. :P
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TriciaG wrote: December 31st, 2022, 9:22 pm It's midnight in Newfoundland. :P
I've got the project loaded and started on pgdp.net.

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MANY THANKS for reviving this.

I'll be on it in a few days.

Happy new year!

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Kirsten Wever wrote: January 1st, 2023, 2:17 pm MANY THANKS for reviving this.

I'll be on it in a few days.

Happy new year!

Kirsten
If you need the scans I'm working from let me know. Most of the copies I've seen are from 1935 with newer changes in them. I'm working from a modern reprint of the 1927 US edition.

Greg

Oh, archive.org has a copy of the same edition I used. You have to check it out to see it though. You have to stick to the original text also. No introduction or about the author.

https://archive.org/details/cloudsofwitnesssaye
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Greg,

Tricia pointed me to several versions not yet on Gutenberg but, she says, better than the Faded Page version I worked from last year.

I found one, downloaded PDF, and copied pages individually into a Word file. A bit hard to read.

If you have something easier to read from, I'd really appreciate it.

Of course I'll record no material other than actual text, if it's 37.

Thanks.
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Kirsten Wever wrote: January 1st, 2023, 3:50 pm Greg,

Tricia pointed me to several versions not yet on Gutenberg but, she says, better than the Faded Page version I worked from last year.

I found one, downloaded PDF, and copied pages individually into a Word file. A bit hard to read.

If you have something easier to read from, I'd really appreciate it.

Of course I'll record no material other than actual text, if it's 37.

Thanks.
The problem with most of the texts is they are a 1935 version that does not clear copyright in the U.S. Can you check out from archive.org? I think all it takes is creating an account.

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I'm using a text from the Archive.

That is, I will, when they stop the jack hammers in neighboring apartments.

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Kirsten Wever wrote: January 3rd, 2023, 7:01 am I'm using a text from the Archive.

That is, I will, when they stop the jack hammers in neighboring apartments.

8-)
That specific one, or a different one. Most of the ones I looked at on archive.org are the 1935 Great Britain version that does not clear copyright in the US.

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If you haven't started, Kirsten, then I think using Greg's edition is the best choice. While I'm pretty certain the one in the link in the first post is OK to use, Archive still has it under the "borrow for 1 hour" restriction. :?

EDIT: I see above that the edition you have is the same as the one in the first post. If you have the entire thing offline, it'd be great to get it in that format rather than have to deal with that 1 hour restriction all the time. :hmm:
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I have the edition off line, but it's hard to read. Therefore I just asked Greg to send me the zip file of the edition he has off line.

I think now everyone's happy. 8-)
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Tricia, Greg:

Just so we're all on the same page:

I'm going to record from the edition Greg suggests, as soon as I have it -- NOT from one of the "borrow for an hour" editions available at the Internet Archives (which I have off line).

8-)
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Great, thanks!
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Greg, Tricia,

I didn't receive what you sent, Greg. HOWEVER, I've found a 1927 edition on Internet Archives, front matter as follows (verbatim):

HarperCollins Paperbacks // Copyright 1927 by The Dial Press, Inc. // A hardcover edition of this book was originally published in 1927 by The Dial Press, Inc. It is reprinted here by arrangement with the Estate of Anthony Fleming.

There is no other copyright information; nothing about 1937 or additions made by the author; none of the text that gave us pause.

I think this is US-PD now. I borrowed this edition for 14 days, and can easily read off this text.

What do you think?

Kirsten

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