Books from 1948 with US copyright not renewed



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PROBABLY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAIN

These are books by authors I believe to be US citizens, books by non-US citizens that I believe to have been first published or simultaneously (ie, within 30 days) published in the US, and books I believe to have been published in the US by foreign authors whose period of copyright in their native country had expired by 1996 Jan 1.

George (Bancroft) ABBE {US} [M: 1911 Jan 28 - 1989 Mar 15]
	Mr Quill's Crusade [f|{48:E}1948]

Charles Greeley ABBOT {US} [M: 1872 May 31 - 1973 Dec 17]
	Smithsonian Pyrheliometry... (w L B ALDRICH) [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Thomas Ritchie ADAM {US} [M: 1900 May 7 - 1990 Oct]
	Education For International Understanding [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Edith Josephine AGNEW {US} [F: 1897 Oct 13 (or 12) - 1988 Feb 20]
	My Alaska Picture Story Book [{48:E}1948]

Prof, Raymond Wolf ALBRIGHT {US} [M: 1901 Jul 16 - 1965 Jul 15]
	Two Centuries Of Reading, Pa, 1748-1948 [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Marguerite ALLIS {US} [F: 1885 or 1886 or 1887 - 1958]
	The Law Of The Land [f|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Richard Daniel ALTICK {US} [M: 1915 Sep 19 - 2008 Feb 7]
	A Literary History Of England, v4 (w Samuel CHEW) [n|{48:E}1948]
	The Cowden Clarkes [n|{48:E}1948]

Mary-Anne AMSBARY, nee ? {US} [F: 1921 Apr 20 - 1987 Aug]
	Jean Craig Grows Up (ps: Kay LYTTLETON) [f|{48:E}1948]
	Jean Craig In New York (ps: Kay LYTTLETON) [f|{48:E}1948]
	Jean Craig Finds Romance (ps: Kay LYTTLETON) [f|{48:E}1948]

Archibald Watson ANDERSON {US} [M: 1905 Sep 21 - 1965 Jul 1]
	Social Aspects Of Education (w B O SMITH & W O STANLEY) [n|{48:E}1948]

Rudolph Martin ANDERSON {US} [M: 1876 Jun 30 - 1961 Jun 21]
	Methods Of Collecting And Preserving Vertebrate Animals [n|{32:E}1932/{48:E}1948/{60:E}1960/65]

Thomas Gaylord ANDREWS {US} [M: 1915 Nov 16 - 1967 Nov 4]
	Methods Of Psychology (ed) [n|{48:E}1948]

(Justin) Brooks ATKINSON {US} [M: 1894 Nov 28 - 1984 Jan 14 (or 13)]
	Broadway Scrapbook [{48:E}1948]

Frank Ludwig AUERBACH {US} [M: 1910 Jun 4 - 1964 Sep 19]
	Nationality Problems Of Children [n|{48:E}1948]

Elizabeth Whitemore BAKER {US} [F: 1882 - before 1973]
	Sonny-Boy Sim [f|{48:E}1948]

Willis Todhunter BALLARD {US} [M: 1903 Dec 13 - 1980 Dec 27]
	Dealing Out Death [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Prof, Harry Elmer BARNES {US} [M: 1889 Jun 15 - 1968 Aug 25]
	Historical Sociology: Its Rise And Development [n|{48:E}1948]

Cora (Emma) (nee)Chastang BARNETT {US} [F: 1896 Sep 27 - 1992 Jun 12]
	'Creole Cookin' Cookbooks [n|{48:E}1948]

Roy Prentice BASLER (Jr) {US} [M: 1906 Nov 19 - 1989 Oct 25]
	A Short History Of The American Civil War [n|{48:E}1948]

Albert Croll BAUGH {US} [M: 1891 Feb 26 - 1981 Mar 21]
	A Literary History Of England (ed) [n|{48:E}1948/67]

James Warner BELLAH {US} [M: 1899 Sep 14 - 1976 Sep 22]
	South By East A Half East [f|{48:E:US}1948]

(John) Barry BENEFIELD {US} [M: 1877 May 12 - 1971 Sep 22]
	Texas, Brooklyn, And Heaven [f|{48:E}1948]

Milton BERLINGER (ps: Milton BERLE) {US} [M: 1908 Jul 12 - 2002 Mar 27 (or 28)]
	Out Of My Trunk [{48:E}1948]

Prof, Arthur (Eugene) BESTOR (Jr) {US} [M: 1908 Sep 20 - 1994 Dec 13]
	Education And Reform At New Harmony [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Edwin Garrigues BORING {US} [M: 1886 Oct 23 - 1968 Jul 1]
	Foundations Of Psychology (jt ed) [n|{48:E}1948]

Allan Rucker BOSWORTH (Sr) {US} [M: 1901 Oct 29 - 1986 Jul 18]
	Full Crash Dive (UK: Murder Goes To Sea) [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Louis Dembitz BRANDEIS {US} [M: 1856 Nov 13 - 1941 Oct 5]
	On Zionism [n|{48:E}1948]

Earl (Russell) BROWDER {US} [M: 1891 May 20 - 1973 Jun 27]
	Answer To Vronsky [n|{48:E}1948]
	The Decline Of The Left Wing Of American Labor [n|{48:E}1948]
	Labor And Socialism In America [n|{48:E}1948]
	The 'Miracle' Of Nov 2nd: Some Aspects Of The American Elections [n|{48:E}1948]
	Parties, Issues, And Candidates In The 1948 Elections [n|{48:E}1948]
	Where Do We Go From Here?:...14th National Convention, CPUSA [n|{48:E}1948]
	World Communism And US Foreign Policy:...Marxist Strategy... [n|{48:E}1948]

Fredric (William) BROWN {US} [M: 1906 Oct 29 - 1972 Mar 11]
	The Dead Ringer [f|{48:E}1948]
	Murder Can Be Fun (aka: A Plot For Murder) [f|{48:E}1948]

Hugh Auchinloss BROWN {US} [M: 1878 (wrongly 1879) Dec 23 - 1975 Nov]
	Popular Awakening Concerning The Impending Flood (anon) [n|{48:E}1948]

Katharine BURT, nee NEWLIN {US} [F: 1882 Sep 6 - 1977 Jun]
	Still Water [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Katherine (nee)Kurz BURTON {US} [F: 1890 - 1969]
	Mightily And Sweetly: The Life Story Of Mother Josephine... [b|{48:E}1948]
	So Surely Anchored [n|{48:E}1948]

(Briton) Niven BUSCH (Jr) {US} [M: 1903 Apr 26 - 1991 Aug 25]
	The Furies [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Eugene (F) BYRNES {US} [M: 1889 Mar 18 - 1974 Jul 26]
	Complete Guide To Drawing [n|{48:E}1948]

James Mallahan CAIN {US} [M: 1892 Jul 1 - 1977 Oct 27]
	Sinful Woman [f|{48:E}1948]

Ernestine (Moller) (nee)Gilbreth CAREY {US} [F: 1908 Apr 5 (or 4) - 2006 Nov 4]
	Cheaper By The Dozen (w Frank Bunker GILBRETH, Jr) [a|{48:E}1948/{63:R}1963]

Robert Spencer CARR {US} [M: 1909 - 1974]
	The Room Beyond [f|{48:E}1948]

Sydney Aylmer CLARK {US} [M: 1890 Aug 18 - 1975 Apr 20]
	All The Best In The Caribbean [n|{48:E}1948/?/?/?/?/?/65]
	Today In Cathedral France [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Robert Peter Tristram COFFIN {US} [M: 1892 Mar 18 - 1955 Jan 20]
	Do You Know Maine? [n|{48:E}1948]

Eugene Virginius CONNETT (III) {US} [M: 1891 Mar 8 - 1969 Sep 20]
	Yachting In North America Along The Atlantic And Pacific... (ed) [n|{48:E}1948]
	American Sporting Dogs (ed) [n|{48:E}1948]

Daniel Margowitz DANIEL {US} [M: 1890 Jun 6 - 1981 Jul 1]
	The Real Babe Ruth [b|{48:E}1948/{63:E}1963]

(Lucien) Hawthorne DANIEL {US} [M: 1890 Jan 20 - 1981 Jan 2]
	For Want Of A Nail [{48:E}1948]

Ernest DAWSON {US} [M: 1882 Dec 1 - 1947 Nov 15]
	A Visit With Dr R [{48:E:US}1948]

Prof, John Charles DAWSON {US} [M: 1876 Aug 10 - 1966 Apr 9]
	Lakanal The Regicide [{48:E}1948]

Prof, Roy Joseph DEFERRARI {US} [M: 1890 Jun 1 - 1969 Aug 24]
	Second Year Latin (w Francis JOSEPH) [n|{48:E}1948]
	The Philosophy Of Catholic Higher Education (ed) [n|{48:E}1948]

Edwin (Orr) DENBY {US} [M: 1903 Feb 4 - 1983 Jul 12]
	In Public, In Private [p|{48:E}1948]

August (William) DERLETH {US} [M: 1909 Feb 24 - 1971 Jul 4]
	The Arkham Sampler (ed) [2v|s|{48:E}1948]
	Wisconsin Earth: A Sac Prairie Sampler [{48:E}1948]

Edward Joseph DOHERTY {US} [M: 1890 Oct 30 - 1975 May 4]
	Martin [Martin de Porres] [b|{48:E}1948]

Davis DOUTHIT {US} [M: 1904 Jan 24 - 1999 Apr 12]
L	Nobody Owns Us: The Story Of Joe Gilbert, Midwestern Rebel [{48:E}1948]

Davis DRESSER {US} [M: 1904 Jul 31 - 1977 Feb 4]
	Michael Shayne's Triple Mystery (ps: Brett HALLIDAY) [s|{48:E:US}1948]

Frederick G EAST {UK/US?} [M: 1895 Jul 13 - 1983 Sep 29]
	Powdersmoke Pay-Off (ps: Tom WEST) [f|{48:E:US}1948]
	Spectre Spread (ps: Tom WEST) [f|{48:E:US}1948]

William Burnet EASTON (Jr) {US} [M: 1905 Aug 15 - 1975 Jul]
	Thinking Christianly [n|{48:E}1948]

Max(=Maximillian) ERNST {DE/US:1948on/FR:1958on} [M: 1891 Apr 2 - 1976 Apr 1]
	Beyond Painting And Other Writings By The Artist And His Friends [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Lt-Col, Joseph Hock/Hoch EWING {US} [M: 1909 Jul 2 - 2006 Aug 18]
	29 Let's Go! [n|{48:E}1948]

Samson Lane FAISON, Jr {US} [M: 1907 Nov 16 - 2006 Nov 11]
	Life Of Forms In Art [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Harold Underwood FAULKNER {US} [M: 1890 Feb 25 - 1968 Jun 17]
	USA (w Tyler KEPNER & Victor E PITKIN) [n|{45:E}1945/{48:E}1948]

Milton (Harold) FIRESTONE {US} [M: 1904 Jan 6 - 1986 Aug 27]
	Personal Hygiene For Every Man And Boy (anon) (ed J G ROSS) [n|{48:E}1948]
	Personal Hygiene For Every Woman And Girl (anon) (ed J G ROSS) [n|{48:E}1948]

Frank FOWLER (ps: Borden CHASE) {US} [M: 1900 Jan 11 - 1971 Mar 8]
	Blazing Guns On The Chisholm Trail (aka: Red River) [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Lawrence Kelso FRANK {US} [M: 1890 Dec 6 - 1968 Sep 23]
	Society As The Patient [n|{48:E}1948]
	Projective Methods [n|{48:E}1948]

Walter Deane FULLER {US} [M: 1882 - ?]
	Life And Times Of Cyrus H K Curtis, 1850-1933 [b|{48:E}1948/{57:R:H}1957]

Erolie Pearl GADDIS, Mrs DERN {US} [F: 1895 Mar 5 - 1966 Jun 14]
	Heart's Home (ps: Peggy DERN) [f|{48:E}1948]

(Roscoe) Crosby GAIGE {US} [M: 1881 (wrongly 1882) Jul 26 - 1949 Mar 8]
	Footlights And Highlights [a|{48:E}1948]
	A Christmas Tribute To The Cook [n|{48:E}1948]

Ruth Stiles GANNETT, Mrs KAHN {US} [M: 1923 Aug 12 - living 2022]
30017	My Father's Dragon [f|{48:E}1948]

Peter(=Pietro) (Baptisto) GERMANO {US} [M: 1913 May 17 - 1983 Sep 20]
	Trail Boss From Texas (ps: Barry CORD) [f|{48:E:SIM?}1948]

William Merriam GIBSON {US} [M: 1912 Jan 16 - 1987 Jan 22]
	A Bibliography Of William Dean Howells (w George ARMS) [n|{48:E}1948]

Frank Bunker GILBRETH, Jr {US} [M: 1911 Mar 17 - 2001 Feb 18]
	Cheaper By The Dozen (w Ernestine Gilbreth CAREY) [a|{48:E}1948/{63:R}1963]

Benjamin GITLOW {US} [M: 1891 Dec 22 (or 21) - 1965 Jul 19]
	The Whole Of Their Lives [n|{48:E}1948]

Frederick Dilley GLIDDEN (ps: Luke SHORT) {US} [M: 1908 Nov 19 - 1975 Aug 18 (wrongly 8)]
	High Vermillion [f|{48:E:SIM?}1948]

Arthur Henry GOODEN {UK/US?} [M: 1879 Oct 23 - 1971 Jul 22]
	Trouble In The Saddle [f|{48:E:US}1948]
	Circle C Carries On (ps: Brett RIDER) [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Herbert (Sherman) GORMAN {US} [M: 1893 - 1954]
	The Wine Of San Lorenzo [f|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Norman HACKERMAN {US} [M: 1912 Mar 2 - 2007 Jun 16]
	Experimental Colloid Chemistry [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Hessel Duncan HALL {AU} [M: 1891 Mar 8 - 1976 Jul 8 (or 12)]
	Mandates, Dependencies, And Trusteeship [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Eugene Edward HALLERAN {US} [M: 1905 Feb 28 - 1994 Feb 16]
	Rustlers' Canyon [f|{48:E:US}1948]

(Edward Thomas) Marion (Lawton) HARGROVE, Jr {US} [M: 1919 Oct 13 - 2003 Aug 23]
	Something's Got To Give [f|{48:E}1948]

Helena Ann HAWKINS (ps: Quail HAWKINS) {US} [F: 1905 (wrongly 1906) Mar 25 (wrongly 24 or 29) - 2002 Aug 16]
	The Aunt-Sitter [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Prof, William Lane HEWITT {US} [M: 1916 Nov 25 - 1993 Nov 25]
	The Therapeutic Value Of Streptomycin (w Chester SKEEFER) [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Gunnar HJERSTEDT {US} [M: 1904 - 1969]
	This Is Murder, Mr Herbert And Other Stories (ps: Day KEENE) [s|{48:E}1948]

William L HOPSON {US?} [M: ? - ?]
	Arizona Roundup [f|{48:E:US}1948]
	NP Puncher [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Lafayette Ron(=Ronald) HUBBARD (Sr) {US} [M: 1911 Mar 13 - 1986 Jan 24 (or 25)]
	Slaves Of Sleep [f|{48:E}1948]
	Death's Deputy [f|{48:E}1948]
	Final Blackout [f|(1940)/{48:E}1948]

Alice Margaret HUGGINS {US} [F: 1891 Sep 19 - 1971 May 19]
	Fragrant Jade [{48:E}1948]

John Marvin HUNTER {US} [M: 1880 Mar 18 - 1957 Jun 29]
	Cooking Recipes Of The Pioneers [n|{48:E}1948]

Rev, Paul HUTCHENS {US} [M: 1902 Apr 7 - 1977 Jan 23]
	The Sugar Creek Gang Digs For Treasure [f|{48:E}1948]
	Northwoods Manhunt [f|{48:E}1948]

M A ISBELL {US} [M: ? - ?]
	Mining And Hunting In The Far West, 1852-1870 [a|{48:E:US}1948]

Ivan Raymond JENSEN {US} [M: 1920 May 28 - 2010 Apr 11]
	Problems In Airplane Structures [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Gerald White JOHNSON {US} [M: 1890 Aug 6 (wrongly 8) - 1980 Mar 22 or 23]
	Liberal's Progress [{48:E}1948]

Nard(=Maynard) (Benedict) JONES {US} [M: 1904 Apr 12 - 1972 Sep 3]
	The Case Of The Hanging Lady [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Archie (Lynn) JOSCELYN {US} [M: 1899 Jul 25 - 1986 Feb 28]
	Smoky In The West (ps: Al CODY) [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Sister, Francis JOSEPH {US} [F: 1896 - ?]
	Second Year Latin (w Roy J DEFERRARI) [n|{48:E}1948]

Chester Scott KEEFER {US} [M: 1897 May 3 - 1972 Feb 3]
	The Therapeutic Value Of Streptomycin (w William L HEWITT) [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Harry Stephen KEELER {US} [M: 1890 Nov 3 - 1967 Jan 22]
	The Case Of The Jeweled Ragpicker (UK: The Ace Of Spades Murder) [f|{48:E}1948]
	The Case Of The Transposed Legs [f|{48:E}1948]

Leonard KNAPP, aka Ramon Felipe ALVAREZ Del REY {US} [M: 1915 Jun 2 - 1993 May 10]
	... And Some Were Human (ps: Lester DEL REY) [s|{48:E:US}1948/{61:E}1961]

Joshua KUNITZ {US} [M: 1896 Dec 18 - 1980 Mar 2]
	Russian Literature Since The Revolution [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Judson Taylor LANDIS {US} [M: 1906 Jun 2 - 1982 Jun 6]
	Building A Successful Marriage (w Mary LANDIS) [n|{48:E}1948/{53:R}1953]
	The Marriage Handbook (w Mary G LANDIS) [n|{48:E}1948]

Mary (Evaline) (nee)Greene LANDIS {US} [F: 1905 Dec 23 - 1973 Nov 9]
	Building A Successful Marriage (w Judson T LANDIS) [n|{48:E}1948/{53:R}1953]
	The Marriage Handbook (w Judson T LANDIS) [n|{48:E}1948]

Ruth LANDSHOFF, nee LEVY / YORK Von WARTENBURG {DE/US} [F: 1904 (or 1909) Jan 7 - 1966 Jan 19]
	So Cold The Night [f|{48:E}1948]

Ralph Eugene LAPP {US} [M: 1917 Aug 24 - 2004 Sep 7]
	Nuclear Radiation Physics (w Harold Lucius ANDREWS) [{48:E}1948/{54:R}1954]

Irvin LAVINE {US} [M: 1902 Dec 6 - 1980 May 8]
	Scientific And Technical Abbreviations... (w O T ZIMMERMAN) [n|{48:E:US}1948/{49:E:US}1949]

Alan (Brown) LE MAY / LeMAY {US} [M: 1899 Jun 3 (or 7) - 1964 Apr 27]
	Wild Justice [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Charles Lowell LEES {US} [M: 1904 May 22 - 1973 Nov]
	Play Production And Direction [n|{48:E}1948]

Ulysses Samuel LESH {US} [M: 1868 Aug 9 - 1965 Jun 5]
	Whence And Whither As A Nation? [{48:E}1948]

Prof, Paul Myron Anthony LINEBARGER, Jr {US} [M: 1913 Jul 11 - 1966 Aug 6]
*	Psychological Warfare [n|{48:E}1948]

Robert Morss LOVETT {US} [M: 1870 Dec 25 - 1956 Feb 8]
	All Our Years [{48:E}1948]

Rev, Charles (Shelton) LUDWIG {US} [M: 1918 Jan 8 - 2002 Nov 22]
	Cannibal Country [{48:E}1948]

William Johnston LYMAN, Jr {US} [M: 1921 Jul 30 - 1952 Jan 18]
	Curlew History...1st Battalion, 117th Infantry, 30th Div [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Thomas Clair McFARLAND {US} [M: 1893 Jul 19 - 1954 Sep 16]
	Alternating Current Machines [n|{48:E}1948]

Dudley Dean McGAUGHY, aka William Dean OWEN {US} [M: 1913 Dec 23 - 1985 Jul 22]
	Guns To The Sunset (ps: Dean OWEN) [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Prof, John Henry MacGILLIVRAY {US} [M: 1899 Jan 27 - 1984 Feb 14]
	Western Vegetable Production [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Gordon McKENZIE {US} [M: 1901 Dec 14 - 1965 Dec 4]
	Criticism: The Foundations Of Modern Literary Judgment (jt ed) [e|{48:E}1948/{58:R}1958]

Sara Elizabeth MASON {US} [F: 1911 - ?]
	The Whip [f|{48:E}1948]

Trudi(=Gertrude) MICHEL, Mrs CAPLIN {US} [F: 1921 May 17 - 1987 Jul]
	Inside Tin Pan Alley [f|{48:E}1948]

Carleton MITCHELL {US} [M: 1910 Aug 24 - 2007 Jul 16]
	Islands To Windward [n|{48:E}1948]

William Byron MOWERY {US} [M: 1899 Aug 15 - 1957 Apr 2]
	The Long Arm Of The Mounted [s|{48:E:US}1948]

John Myers MYERS {US} [M: 1906 Jan 11 - 1988 Oct 30]
	The Alamo [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Edward NEWHOUSE {US} [M: 1911 Nov 10 - 2002 Nov 11]
	The Hollow Of The Wave [f|{48:E}1948]

Dwight Bennett NEWTON {US} [M: 1916 Jan 14 (wrongly 16 or 18) - 2013 Jun 30]
	The Gunmaster Of Saddleback [f|{48:E:SIM?}1948]

Prof, Lila Morris O'NEALE {US} [F: 1886 Nov 2 - 1948 Feb 2]
	Textile Periods In Ancient Peru, v3 [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Clifford Stetson PARKER {US} [M: 1891 Mar 5 - 1972 Nov 19]
	Modern Complete French Grammar (w W H FRASER & J SQUAIR) [n|{48:E}1948]

Pearl (J) PASHKO, nee ? {US} [F: 1912 Mar 7 - 2008 Nov 23]
	American Girl's Omnibus (w Stanley PASHKO) [n|{48:E}1948]

Stanley PASHKO, ne PASHKOWSKI {US} [M: 1913 Feb 19 - 1982 Nov]
	American Girl's Omnibus (w Pearl PASHKO) [n|{48:E}1948]

George PATTULLO {CA} [M: 1879 Oct 9 - 1967 Jul 30]
	All Our Yesterdays [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Charles Walter PORTER {US} [M: 1880 May 16 - 1971 Oct 21]
	Essentials Of Organic Chemistry (w T D STEWART) [n|{48:E}1948/{53:E}1953]

William Sydney PORTER [M: 1862 Sep 11 - 1910 Jun 5]
	The Pocket Book Of O Henry (ed Harry HANSEN) [s|{48:E:US}1948]

Prof, Stanley David PORTEUS {AU/US:1932on} [M: 1883 Apr 24 - 1972 Oct 21]
	The Restless Voyage [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Leonard A RAPPORT {US} [M: 1913 Jan 24 - 2008 Mar 17]
	Rendezvous With Destiny (w Arthur NORTHWOOD, Jr) [n|{48:E}1948]

Russell REID {US} [M: 1900 Feb 6 - 1967 Jul]
	Lewis And Clark In North Dakota (ed) [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Bertha (Louise) RICKETTS, Mrs SUMNER (ps: Cid Ricketts SUMNER) {US} [F: 1890 Sep 27 - 1970 Oct 15]
	Tammy Out Of Time [f|{48:E}1948]

Leona (nee)Train RIENOW {US} [F: 1903 Jul 7 - 1983 Aug]
	The Bewitched Caverns [f|{48:E}1948]

Frank Chester ROBERTSON {US} [M: 1890 Jan 12 - 1969 Jul 29]
	Rope Crazy [f|{48:E:SIM?}1948]

Keith (Carlton) ROBERTSON {US} [M: 1914 May 9 - 1991 Sep 23]
	Ticktock And Jim (UK: Watch For A Pony) [f|{48:E}1948]

Zola (Helen) ROSS, nee GIRDEY {US} [F: 1907 (or 1912) May 9 - 1989 Nov 20]
	One Corpse Missing (ps: Z H ROSS) [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Prof, Elspeth (nee?)Davies ROSTOW {US} [F: 1917 Oct 20 - 2007 Dec 9]
	European Economic Reconstruction [n|{48:E}1948]

Sophie (Z) RUSKAY, nee LIEBOWITZ {US} [F: 1885 (or 1887) Jan 29 - 1980 May 5 (or 6)]
	Horsecars And Cobblestones [{48:E}1948]

Prof, Robert Royal RUSSEL {US} [M: 1890 Sep 27 - 1996 Jan 16]
	Improvement Of Communication With The Pacific Coast... [n|{48:E}1948]

Charles Marion RUSSELL {US} [M: 1864 Mar 19 - 1926 Oct 24]
	Rawhide Rawlins Rides Again [s|{48:E:US}1948]

Abram Leon SACHAR {US} [M: 1899 Feb 15 - 1993 Jul 24]
	A History Of The Jews [n|{30:R}1930/{40:R}1940/{48:E}1948/{53:R}1953/64]

William Samuel SADLER (Sr) {US} [M: 1875 Jun 24 - 1969 Apr 26]
	Adolescence Problems:...For Physicians, Parents, And Teachers [n|{48:E}1948]
	Doctor Talks To Teen-agers: A Psychiatrist's Advice To Youth [n|{48:E}1948]

Nathan(=Nathaniel) SCHACHNER {US} [M: 1895 Jan 16 - 1955 Oct 2]
	The Price Of Liberty: A History Of The American Jewish Committee [n|{48:E}1948]

Herman SCHNEIDER {US} [M: 1905 May 31 - 2003 Jul 31]
	Let's Look Inside Your House (w Nina SCHNEIDER) [n|{48:E}1948]

Nina SCHNEIDER, nee ZIMET, 1:Mrs CHERNOWITZ {US} [F: 1913 Jan 29 - 2007 Sep 8]
	While Susie Sleeps [{48:E}1948]
	Let's Look Inside Your House (w Herman SCHNEIDER) [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Lysle Edward SHAFFER {US} [M: 1907 Jan 3 - 1965 Jan 22]
	Influence Of Cartridge Diameter On The Effectiveness Of Dynamite [n|{48:E}1948]

Herbert(=Herman) (Arthur) SHAPIRO (Sr) {US} [M: 1899 May 24 - 1975 Mar 15]
	Boss Of The Far West [f|{48:E:US}1948]
	Sheriff Of Lonesome [f|{48:E:US}1948]
	The Long West Trail [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Harold Morrow SHERMAN {US} [M: 1898 Jul 13 - 1987 Aug 19]
	Call Of The Land [{48:E}1948]

Orvilla (M) (nee)Lancaster SMALL {US} [F: c1875 - ?]
	Nosegays Of Memories [{48:E:US}1948]

Clark Ashton SMITH {US} [M: 1893 Jan 13 - 1961 Aug 14]
	Genius Loci [s|{48:E}1948]

Edward Elmer, 'Doc', SMITH {US} [M: 1890 May 2 (or 1 or 7) - 1965 Aug 31 (wrongly Sep 1)]
20782	Triplanetary [f|(1934)/{48:E}1948]

Prof, John Allyn SMITH, Jr (ps: John BERRYMAN) {US} [M: 1914 Oct 25 - 1972 Jan 7]
	The Dispossessed [{48:E}1948]

Prof, Thomas Dale STEWART {US} [M: 1890 Aug 14 - 1958 Feb 6]
	Essentials Of Organic Chemistry (w C W PORTER) [n|{48:E}1948/{53:E}1953]

Hart (G) STILWELL {US} [M: 1902 May 13 - 1975 May 13]
	Fishing In Mexico [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Isidor Feinstein STONE {US} [M: 1907 Dec 24 - 1989 Jun 18]
	This Is Israel [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Antonin SVOBODA {CS/US?} [M: 1907 Oct 14 - 1980 May 18]
	Computing Mechanisms And Linkages [n|{48:E:US}1948]

Prof, Louis (Preston) TRIMBLE {US} [M: 1917 Mar 2 - 1988 Mar 9]
	The Valley Of Violence [f|{48:E:US}1948]
	Death Is My Lover (ps: Stuart BROCK) [f|{48:E:US}1948]
	Just Around The Coroner (ps: Stuart BROCK) [f|{48:E:US}1948]

William Harrison UKERS {US} [M: 1873 Jul 30 - 1945 Jan 19]
	The Romance Of Coffee:..History Of Coffee And Coffee-Drinking... [n|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Samuel VAN VALKENBURG {NL/US} [M: 1890 or 1891 Sep 14 - 1976 Apr 18]
	Europe (ed) [n|{48:E}1948]

Edward Hamilton WALDO, aka Theodore Hamilton STURGEON {US} [M: 1918 Feb 26 - 1985 May 8]
	Without Sorcery [s|{48:E}1948]

Gertrude Chandler WARNER {US} [F: 1890 Apr 16 - 1979 Aug 30]
	History Of Connecticut [n|{48:E}1948]

Samuel Pool WEAVER {US} [M: 1882 Jan 20 - 1963 Jan 23]
	Essential Principles Of The Law Of Business [n|{48:E:US?}1948]

Albert Nathaniel WILLIAMS {US} [M: 1888 Jun 14 - 1961 Oct 2]
	'What Hath God Wrought!' [{48:E}1948]

Albert Nathaniel WILLIAMS {US} [M: 1914 Jan 19 - c1963]
	Listening: A Collection Of Critical Articles On Radio [e|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Jesse Feiring WILLIAMS {US} [M: 1886 Feb 12 - 1966 Aug (wrongly Sep) 5]
	The Principles Of Physical Education [n|{27:R}1927/1931/{38:R}1938/{42:R}1942/{48:E}1948/{54:E}1954/{59:R}1959/64]

Mary Mabel WIRRIES, nee CABANA {US} [F: 1894 Jan 14 - 1967 Jun 6]
	Juan Of San Bruno [{48:E}1948]

George William WOOD {US?} [M: 1861 - 1938]
	Woman Beautiful (ed Helen Wood TAYLOR) [p|{48:E:US}1948]

Gordon (Ray) YOUNG {US} [M: 1886 Sep 27 - 1948 Feb 10]
	Gunman From Tulluco [f|{48:E:US}1948]

Oswald Theodore ZIMMERMAN {US?} [M: 1905 - ?]
	Scientific And Technical Abbreviations... (w I LAVINE) [n|{48:E:US}1948/{49:E:US}1949]

Anonymous & Corporate Works:
	The 81st Infantry Wildcat Division In World War II [n|{48:E:US}1948]
	A Book Of The Breed (by Irish Terrier Club Of Am) [n|{37:E:US}1937/{41:E:US}1941/{48:E:US}1948/{59:E:US}1959]

LIKELY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAIN

These are books by authors I suspect to be US citizens, books by non-US citizens that I suspect to have been first published in the US, and books by non-US citizens that I believe were published in the US in the same year as they were published abroad & so may not have been first (ie, by at least 30 days) published abroad.

L B ALDRICH {US?} [M: ? - ?]
	Smithsonian Pyrheliometry... (w Charles Greeley ABBOT) [n|{48:E}1948]

William Francis CARROLL (ps: W F C) {US?} [M: ? - ?]
	Whence? Why? Whither? [{48:E}1948]

John (William) van DRUTEN {?/US:1944on} [M: 1901 Jun 1 - 1957 Dec 19]
	Anne Of The Thousand Days [{48:E}1948]
	Red Gloves [{48:E}1948]

Frederick G EAST {UK/US?} [M: 1895 Jul 13 - 1983 Sep 29]
	Tangled Trail (ps: Roy MANNING) [f|{48:E}1948]

Capt, Gilbert FRANKAU {UK} [M: 1884 Apr 21 - 1952 Nov 4]
	Michael's Wife [f|{48:E:SIM?}1948]

Joseph GAER, originally FISHMAN {SU/US:1926on} [M: 1897 Mar 16 - 1969 Dec 7]
	How The Great Religions Began: Wood Engravings [n|{48:E}1948/{56:R}1956]

Elaine KIDNER, Mrs DAKERS (ps: Jane LANE) {UK} [F: 1905 May 27 - 1978 Jan 6]
	Parcel Of Rogues [f|{48:E:SIM?}1948]

Prof, Pascal Prosper PARENTE {IT/US:1930on} [M: 1890 Sep 28 - 1971 Aug 10]
	The Well Of Living Waters [n|{48:E}1948]

Claude (Ulric) RISTER {US?} [M: 1892 - 1960 Aug 5]
	California Ranger (ps: Tex HOLT) [f|{48:E}1948]

Gladys Vondy ROBERTSON {US?} [F: ? - ?]
	Overtones [p|{48:E}1948]

Prof, Herbert Leon SEARLES {CA/US?} [M: 1891 Dec 1 - 1980 May 29]
	Logic And Scientific Methods: An Introductory Course [n|{48:E}1948/{56:R}1956/68]

Arthur (John Arbuthnot/Arbuthnott) STRINGER {CA/US:1937on} [M: 1874 Feb 26 - 1950 Sep 13 or 14]
	New York Nocturnes [p|{48:E}1948]

William Norman WOODWORTH {US?} [M: ? - ?]
	'Behold Your King': A Herald Of Christ's Presence [{48:E}1948]

POSSIBLY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAIN

These are books by authors I believe to be non-US citizens (though may include some US citizens I have not yet identified as such) - if any of these were published in the US, the rules on works by non-US authors (see here) will apply.

Prof, William Henry FRASER [M: 1853 - 1916 Dec 28]
	Modern Complete French Grammar (w C S PARKER & J SQUAIR) [n|{48:E}1948]

Richard GRANT (ps) [M: ? - ?]
	Shoot Your Enemies [f|{48:E}1948]

Anonymous & Corporate Works:
25583	Northern Nut Growers Association Report...39th Annual Meeting [n|{48:E}1948]