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Arthur Laurie ABBOTT {US} [M: 1873 Mar 14 - 1952 Jul] National Electrical Code Handbook (7e) [n|{52:N:H}1952] Jane (Ludlow) (nee)Drake ABBOTT {US} [F: 1881 or 1882 - c1962] The Neighbors [{52:N}1952] Lawrence Edwin ABT {US} [M: 1915 Jan 5 - 1994 Aug 18] Projective Psychology [n|{52:E}1952] Cedric M ADAMS {US} [M: 1902 May 27 - 1961 Feb 18] Poor Cedric's Almanac [n|{52:E}1952] Clifton (Hendrix) ADAMS {US} [M: 1919 Dec 1 - 1971 Oct 1] The Colonel's Lady [f|{52:E:US}1952] Herbert (Sebastian) AGAR {US} [M: 1897 Sep 29 - 1980 Nov 24] Abraham Lincoln [b|{52:E}1952] Edith Josephine AGNEW {US} [F: 1897 Oct 13 (or 12) - 1988 Feb 20] The Gray Eyes Family [{52:E}1952] Dorothy (Stockman) ALDIS, nee KEELEY {US} [F: 1896 (or 1897) Mar 13 - 1966 Jul 4] Lucky Year [f|{52:E}1952] Judge, Florence Ellinwood ALLEN {US} [F: 1884 Mar 23 - 1966 Sep 12] The Treaty As An Instrument Of Legislation [n|{52:E}1952] Henry Wilson ALLEN, aka Heck ALLEN {US} [M: 1912 Sep 29 - 1991 Oct 26] Santa Fe Passage (ps: Clay FISHER) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Merritt Parmelee ALLEN {US} [M: 1892 Jul 2 - 1954 Dec 26] Johnny Reb [f|{52:E}1952] Robert Porter ALLEN {US} [M: 1905 Apr 24 - 1963 Jun 28] The Whooping Crane [n|{52:E}1952] Marguerite ALLIS {US} [F: 1885 or 1886 or 1887 - 1958] Now We Are Free [f|{52:E}1952] Paul Edgar ALYEA {US} [M: 1899 Sep 8 - 1975 Jan 8] Assessment Of Public Utilities In Alabama [n|{52:E}1952] Delano (L) AMES {US} [M: 1906 May 29 - 1987 Jan] No Mourning For The Matador [f|{52:E}1952] Mark Edwin ANDREWS {US} [M: 1903 Oct 17 - 1992 Aug 22] Wildcatter's Handbook [n|{52:E}1952] William (Thomas) ARD {US} [M: 1922 Jul 7 - 1960 Mar 12] .38 (aka: You Can't Stop Me) (UK: This Is Murder) [f|{52:E:US}1952] And So To Bed [f|{52:E:US}1952] The Diary [f|{52:E:US}1952] You'll Get Yours (ps: Thomas WILLS) [f|{52:E:US}1952] (William) Verne ATHANAS {US} [M: 1917 Aug 13 - 1962 Jun 21] The Proud Ones [f|{52:E:US}1952] Frank Ludwig AUERBACH {US} [M: 1910 Jun 4 - 1964 Sep 19] The Immigration And Nationality Act [n|{52:E}1952] Carolyn Sherwin BAILEY, Mrs HILL {US} [F: 1875 Oct 25 - 1961 Dec 23] A Candle For Your Cake [f|{52:E}1952] Robert Myers BALL {US} [M: 1914 Mar 28 - 2008 Jan 29] Pensions In The United States [n|{52:E}1952] Willis Todhunter BALLARD {US} [M: 1903 Dec 13 - 1980 Dec 27] Incident At Sun Mountain [f|{52:E:US}1952] Walk In Fear [f|{52:E:US}1952] Mary BANCROFT {US} [F: 1903 Oct 29 - 1997 Jan 10] Upside Down In The Magnolia Tree [a|{52:E}1952] Tallulah (Brockman) BANKHEAD, Mrs EMERY {US} [F: 1902 (wrongly 1903) Jan 31 - 1968 Dec 12] Tallulah: My Autobiography [a|{52:E:US?}1952] Nettie Garmer BARKER {US} [F: ? - ?] One Shining Hour [{52:E}1952] Prof, David BAUMGARDT {DE/US} [M: 1890 Apr 20 - 1963 Jul 21 or 22] Philosophical Periodicals [n|{52:E}1952] May (nee)Lamberton BECKER {US} [F: 1873 Aug 26 - 1958 Apr 27] Presenting Miss Jane Austen [{52:E}1952] James Warner BELLAH {US} [M: 1899 Sep 14 - 1976 Sep 22] Divorce [f|{52:E:US}1952] James Frederick BENDER {US} [M: 1905 Jan 14 - 1985 Jun 14] Make Your Business Letters Make Friends [n|{52:E}1952] Marguerite Elena May BENSON, later STEEN and NICHOLSON {UK} [F: 1894 May 12 - 1975 Aug 4] Phoenix Rising (US: Jehovah Blues) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Arthur (Eugene) BESTOR (Jr) {US} [M: 1908 Sep 20 - 1994 Dec 13] Problems In American History (w ?) [n|{52:E}1952/?/66] Prof, Richard Palmer BLACKMUR {US} [M: 1904 Jan 21 - 1965 Feb 2] Form And Value In Modern Poetry [n|{52:E}1952] Matthew BLOOD (see: Davis DRESSER & (Walter) Ryerson JOHNSON) The Avenger [f|{52:E:US}1952] Walter Hart BLUMENTHAL {US} [M: 1883 Feb 9 - 1969 Jun 3] Women Camp Followers Of The American Revolution [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Gladys Louise BORCHERS {US} [F: 1891 Jul 4 - 1988 Aug 12] Teaching Speech (w Donald K SMITH & A T WEAVER) [n|{52:E}1952] Allan Rucker BOSWORTH (Sr) {US} [M: 1901 Oct 29 - 1986 Jul 18] Ladd Of The Lone Star [f|{52:E:US}1952] Benjamin BOYCE {US} [M: ? - ?] 14525 Prefaces To Fiction (ed) [e|{52:E}1952] Leigh (C/Douglass) BRACKETT, Mrs HAMILTON {US} [F: 1915 Dec 7 (wrongly 17) - 1978 Mar 18 (wrongly 24)] The Starmen (aka: The Starmen Of Llyrdis) [f|(1951)/{52:E}1952] Mary (Wilhelmina) (nee)Hastings BRADLEY {US} [F: 1882 Apr 19 - 1976 Oct 25] Nice People Poison [f|{52:E}1952] Jane (Clark De Lange) (nee)Lewis BRANDT, 1:Mrs BISSELL {US} [F: 1915 Sep 10 - 2003 Feb 1] The Passionate Victims (ps: Lange LEWIS) [f|{52:E}1952] Robert Preston BROOKS {US} [M: 1881 - ?] Georgia Studies - Selected Writings [n|{52:E:US}1952] Earl (Russell) BROWDER {US} [M: 1891 May 20 - 1973 Jun 27] Four Letters Concerning Peaceful Co-Existence Of Capitalism... [e|{52:E}1952] A Postscript To The Discussion Of Peaceful Co-Existence [n|{52:E}1952] Should America Be Returned To The Indians? [n|{52:E}1952] Margaret Wise BROWN {US} [F: 1910 May 23 - 1952 Nov 13] A Child's Good Morning [{52:E}1952] Pussy Willow [{52:E}1952] James E BULGER {US?} [M: 1889 - ?] Louis Martin's Daughter [{52:E:US}1952] Katherine (nee)Kurz BURTON {US} [F: 1890 - 1969] Brother Andre Of Mount Royal [b|{43:E}1943/{52:E}1952] Whom Love Impels: The Life Of Pauline Von Mallinckrodt... [b|{52:E}1952] Martin CAIDIN {US} [M: 1927 Sep 14 (wrongly 17) - 1997 Mar 24] Rockets Beyond The Earth [n|{52:E}1952] W Glenn CAMPBELL {US} [M: c1924 - 2001 Nov 24] The American Competitive Enterprise Economy (w ?) [n|{52:E}1952] The Economics Of Mobilization And War (w ?) [n|{52:E}1952] Bill CARLSON {US} [M: ? - ?] Mr Basketball: George Mikan's Own Story (w George MIKAN) [a|{52:E}1952] Prof, Francis James CARMODY {US} [M: 1907 Dec 4 - 1982 Nov 28 (or Dec 5)] The Planetary Theory Of Ibn Rushd [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, (Paul) Rudolf CARNAP {DE/US:1941on} [M: 1891 May 18 - 1970 Sep 14 (wrongly 15)] An Outline Of A Theory Of Semantic Information (w Y BAR-HILLEL) [n|{52:E:US}1952] Sydney Aylmer CLARK {US} [M: 1890 Aug 18 - 1975 Apr 20] All The Best In The Mediterranean [n|{52:E}1952/?/66] Prof, Dorothy (Clotelle) CLARKE, Mrs SHADI {US} [F: 1908 Jul 16 - 1992 Dec 20] A Chronological Sketch Of Castilian Versification... [n|{52:E}1952] Anita COLBY, nee COUNIHAN {US} [F: 1914 Aug 5 - 1992 Mar 27] Anita Colby's Beauty Book [n|{52:E:US}1952] James Bryant CONANT {US} [M: 1893 Mar 26 - 1978 Feb 11] Elmer Peter Kohler 1865-1938 [b|{52:E}1952] (Francis) Merle CONSTINER {US} [M: 1902 (or 1901) Jun 30 - 1979 Sep 24] Hearse Of A Different Color [f|{52:E:US}1952] (Harold) Hart CRANE {US} [M: 1899 Jul 21 - 1932 Apr 27] Letters [a|{52:E}1952] Ray(=Raymond) (King) CUMMINGS {US} [M: 1887 Aug 30 - 1957 Jan 23] The Man On The Meteor [f|(1924)/{52:E}1952] (Walter) Burke DAVIS (Jr) {US} [M: 1913 Jul 24 - 2006 Aug 18] Yorktown [n|{52:E}1952] Loren LeRoy DAVIS {US} [M: 1904 Jun 8 - 1993 Nov 6] Silage, Silage Crops And Silos (w Francis L SMITH) [n|{52:E}1952] Carley DAWSON, nee ROBINSON {US} [F: 1909 (or 1910) Jun 14 - 2005 (wrongly 1977) Mar 17] 28952 Mr Wicker's Window [f|{52:E}1952] Prof, Roy Joseph DEFERRARI {US} [M: 1890 Jun 1 - 1969 Aug 24] The Curriculum Of The Catholic College (ed) [n|{52:E}1952] John (Theurer) DIEBOLD {US} [M: 1926 Jun 8 - 2005 Dec 26] Automation [n|{52:E}1952] William DIEBOLD, Jr {US} [M: 1918 Mar 23 - 2002 Apr 2] Trade And Payments In Western Europe [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, James Frank DOBIE {US} [M: 1888 Sep 26 - 1964 Sep 18] 314 Guide To Life And Literature Of The Southwest [n|{42:U}1942/{52:U}1952] Edward Joseph DOHERTY {US} [M: 1890 Oct 30 - 1975 May 4] My Hay Ain't In [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Leonard Anthony DOYLE {US} [M: 1912 Oct 10 - 1996 Feb 9] The Economics Of Business Enterprise [n|{52:E}1952] Frederick G EAST {UK/US?} [M: 1895 Jul 13 - 1983 Sep 29] Ghost Gun (ps: Tom WEST) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Gunsmoke Gold (ps: Tom WEST) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Lajos (N) EGRI {HU/US} [M: 1888 Jan 4 - 1967 Feb 7] Your Key To Successful Writing [n|{52:E}1952] Allan Vaughan ELSTON {US} [M: 1887 Jul 28 - 1976 Oct 21] Roundup On The Picketwire [f|{52:E:US}1952] Saddle Up For Sunlight [f|{52:E:US}1952] Alta Mae ERB, nee EBY {US} [F: 1891 Feb 23 - 1995 Jan 24] Christian Family Living: A Selected Book List [n|{52:E}1952] Leslie (Charles) ERNENWEIN, aka Ernie ERNENWEIN {US} [M: 1900 - 1960 Dec 19] Give A Man A Gun [f|{52:E:US}1952] Walter (Lorimer) FARLEY {US} [M: 1915 Jun 26 - 1989 Oct 16 (wrongly 17)] The Black Stallion's Filly [f|{52:E}1952] Howard (Melvin) FAST {US} [M: 1914 Nov 11 - 2003 Mar 12] Tony And The Wonderful Door (aka: The Magic Door) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Spain And Peace [n|{52:E:US}1952] Lowell (Page) FILLMORE {US} [M: 1882 Jan 4 - 1975 Mar] Things To Be Remembered [e|{52:E}1952] Prof, Mark Harris FINKELSTEIN {US} [M: 1922 Nov 19 - 2007 May 30] City Of Discontent: An Interpretive Biography Of Vachel Lindsay [b|{52:E}1952] Vardis (Alvaro) FISHER {US} [M: 1895 Mar 31 - 1968 (or 1966) Jul 9] The Island Of The Innocent [f|{52:E:US}1952] Dorothy Belle FLANAGAN, Mrs HUGHES {US} [F: 1904 Aug 10 - 1993 May 6] The Davidian Report (aka: The Body On The Bench) (ps: D B HUGHES) [f|{52:E}1952] Edsel FORD {US} [M: 1928 Dec 30 - 1970 Feb 19] The Stallion's Nest [p|{52:E}1952] Frank FOWLER (ps: Borden CHASE) {US} [M: 1900 Jan 11 - 1971 Mar 8] Lone Star [f|{52:E:US}1952] Lawrence Kelso FRANK {US} [M: 1890 Dec 6 - 1968 Sep 23] Personality Development In Adolescent Girls (w others) [n|{52:E}1952] (Charles) Steve(=Steven) FRAZEE {US} [M: 1909 Sep 28 - 1992 Aug 21] Utah Hell Guns [f|{52:E:US}1952] Jonathan FRENCH {US} [M: 1778 - 1856] Reminiscences Of A Fifty Years Pastorate [a|{52:E:US}1952] Claude Moore FUESS {US} [M: 1885 Jan 12 - 1963 Sep] Independent Schoolmaster [{52:E}1952] Elda FURRY, Mrs HOPPER (ps: Hedda HOPPER) {US} [F: 1885 (wrongly 1890) Jun 2 - 1966 Feb 1] From Under My Hat [a|{52:E}1952] Henry Harvey FUSON {US} [M: 1876 Aug 21 - 1964 Oct] The Autumn Maid [{52:E}1952] The Crown Of Glory [{52:E}1952] Mabel McAfee GABRIEL {US} [F: 1884 Mar 6 - 1976 Feb 5] Masters Of Campanian Painting [n|{52:E}1952] Marion Toulmin GAINES, ne HAMELIN {US} [M: 1869 Jul 12 - 1955 Jan 25] Mobile: West Florida To Alabama [n|{52:E}1952] Howard Roger GARIS {US} [M: 1873 Apr 25 - 1962 Nov 6 (or 5)] Uncle Wiggily & Jackie And Peetie Bow Wow [f|{52:E}1952] Peter(=Pietro) (Baptisto) GERMANO {US} [M: 1913 May 17 - 1983 Sep 20] Mesquite Johnny (ps: Barry CORD) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Alfred GESSOW {US} [M: 1922 Oct 13 - 2002 May 2] Aerodynamics Of The Helicopter [n|{52:E}1952] Inez (nee)Haynes GILLMORE, 2:Mrs IRWIN {US} [F: 1873 Mar 2 - 1970 Sep 25 or 30] Maida's Little Hospital [f|{52:E}1952] Frederick Dilley GLIDDEN (ps: Luke SHORT) {US} [M: 1908 Nov 19 - 1975 Aug 18 (wrongly 8)] Saddle By Starlight [f|{52:E:US}1952] Raw Land [f|{52:E:US}1952] Hal/Harold Leland GOODWIN {US} [M: 1914 Nov 20 - 1990 Feb 18] 18139 Rip Foster In Ride The Gray Planet (ps: Blake SAVAGE) [f|{52:E}1952] The Real Book About Space Travel [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Richard HAGOPIAN {US} [M: 1914 Apr 21 or 22 - 1976 Nov 25] Faraway The Spring [f|{52:E}1952] Eugene Edward HALLERAN {US} [M: 1905 Feb 28 - 1994 Feb 16] Straw Boss [f|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Georgia (Elma) HARKNESS {US} [F: 1891 Apr 21 - 1974 Aug 21] Toward Understanding The Bible [n|{52:E}1952] Richard HARRINGTON {CA} [M: 1911 Feb 24 - 2005 Oct 11] The Face Of The Arctic [n|{52:E:US}1952] Ernest (James) HAYCOX {US} [M: 1899 Oct 1 - 1950 Oct 13] Pioneer Loves [f|{52:E:US}1952] Rawhide Range [f|{52:E:US}1952] Return Of A Fighter [f|{52:E:US}1952] Head Of The Mountain [f|{52:E:US}1952] Murder On The Frontier [s|{52:E:US}1952] Elizabeth Ann (nee)Ross HAYNES {US} [F: c1880 - 1953] The Black Boy Of Atlanta [{52:E}1952] Bert(=Elbert) Calvin HENDERSON {US} [M: 1904 (or 1903) Nov 8 (or 3) - 1974 Sep 14] Blame Noah! [p|{52:E}1952] Bright Armor [{52:E}1952] James Beardsley HENDRYX {US} [M: 1880 Dec 9 - 1963 Mar 1] The Long Chase [f|{52:E:US}1952] Don(=Donald) (Jeffry) HERBERT, originally Donald Herbert KEMSKE, aka 'Mr Wizard' {US} [M: 1917 Jul 10 - 2007 Jun 12] Mr Wizard's Science Secrets [n|{52:E}1952] William HEUMAN {US} [M: 1912 Feb 11 - 1971 Aug 11] Secret Of Death Valley [f|{52:E:US}1952] Eleanora HILGER (ps: Sister, Mary Inez HILGER) {US} [F: 1891 Oct 16 - 1977 May 18] Arapaho Child Life And Its Cultural Background [n|{52:E}1952] Gunnar HJERSTEDT {US} [M: 1904 - 1969] Hunt The Killer (ps: Day KEENE) [f|{52:E}1952] If The Coffin Fits (ps: Day KEENE) [f|{52:E}1952] Naked Fury (ps: Day KEENE) [f|{52:E}1952] To Kiss, Or Kill (ps: Day KEENE) [f|{52:E}1952] Wake Up To Murder (ps: Day KEENE) [f|{52:E}1952] Donald Bayne HOBART {US} [M: ? - ?] The Horseshoe Trail (UK: Trail Of The Twisted Horseshoes) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Paul (George Vincent O'Shaughnessy) HORGAN {US} [M: 1903 Aug 1 - 1995 Mar 7 or 8] The Devil In The Desert [f|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, John Paul HUGHES {US} [M: 1920 Jun 22 - 1974 Oct 26] Liberty Or Equality (ed) [n|{52:E}1952] Adelaide HUMPHRIES, nee MORRIS, 2:Mrs ROWE {US} [F: 1898 Oct 31 - 1979 Oct 2] Stand By For Romance [f|{52:E}1952] Fast Girl [f|{52:E}1952] Rev, Paul HUTCHENS {US} [M: 1902 Apr 7 - 1977 Jan 23] 10,000 Minutes At Sugar Creek [f|{52:E}1952] Walter Mahan JACKSON {US} [M: 1898 - 1956] Alabama's First United States Vice-President [n|{52:E}1952] Will(=William) (Fitzgerald) JENKINS {US} [M: 1896 Jun 16 - 1975 Jun 8] Space Ferry [f|{52:E}1952] Gerald White JOHNSON {US} [M: 1890 Aug 6 (wrongly 8) - 1980 Mar 22 or 23] Pattern For Liberty: The Story Of Philadelphia [n|{52:E}1952] (Walter) Ryerson JOHNSON {US} [M: 1901 Oct 19 - 1995 May 24] The Avenger (w Matthew BLOOD) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Rev, Edgar DeWitt JONES {US} [M: 1876 Dec 5 - 1956] Influence Of Henry Clay Upon Abraham Lincoln [n|{52:E}1952] Idwal JONES {US} [M: 1887 (or 1888 or 1890) Dec 8 - 1964 Nov 14] Chef's Holiday [f|{52:E}1952] Archie (Lynn) JOSCELYN {US} [M: 1899 Jul 25 - 1986 Feb 28] Tough Sheriff Jameson [f|{52:E}1952] Charles Hillis KAISER {US} [M: 1907 Aug 9 - 1961 Aug 7] An Essay On Method [n|{52:E}1952] Christmas Carol KAUFFMAN, nee MILLER, 1:Mrs HOSTETLER {US} [F: 1901 (wrongly 1902) Dec 25 - 1969 Jan 30] Life Within Life [f|{52:E}1952] Philip L KETCHUM {US} [M: 1902 Oct 19 - 1969 Dec 13] Texan On The Prod [f|{52:E:US}1952] Stephen Cole KLEENE {US} [M: 1909 Jan 5 - 1994 Jan 25] Introduction To Metamathematics [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Andie Leonard KNUTSON {US} [M: 1911 May 20 - 1985 Sep 14] Personal Security As Related To Station In Life [n|{52:E}1952] Lawrence S KUBIE {US} [M: 1896 Mar 17 - 1973 Oct] Psychoanalysis As Science (jt ed) [n|{52:E}1952] Harry KURNITZ {US} [M: 1908 Jan 5 - 1968 Mar 18] Reclining Figure (ps: Marco PAGE) [f|{52:E}1952] Chauncey Depew LEAKE {US} [M: 1896 Sep 5 - 1978 Jan 10 or 11] The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri [n|{52:E}1952] Salvatore Albert LOMBINO {US} [M: 1926 Oct 15 - 2005 Jul 6] The Big Fix (ps: Ed McBAIN) [f|{52:E}1952] Dwight Clark LONG {US} [M: 1894 Apr 18 - 1972 May 21] Study Guide And Outline Of The Growth Of Western Civilization... [n|{52:E}1952] Rev, Charles (Shelton) LUDWIG {US} [M: 1918 Jan 8 - 2002 Nov 22] Radio Pals Marooned [f|{52:E}1952] Prof, William Anderson McCALL {US} [M: 1891 Jan 9 - 1982 Aug] Cherokees And Pioneers [n|{52:E}1952] Johnston McCULLEY {US} [M: 1883 Feb 2 - 1958 Nov 23] Iron Horse Town [f|{52:E:US}1952] William Edward McCURDY {US} [M: 1893 - 1967] Cases On The Law Of Persons And Domestic Relations [n|{27:E}1927/{33:E}1933/{39:E}1939/{52:E}1952] Lucile McDONALD, nee SAUNDERS {US} [F: 1898 Sep 1 - 1992 Jun 23] Stormy Year (w Zola ROSS) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Lena (Randolph) (nee)Brooke McNAMARA {US} [F: 1890 (wrongly 1891) May 13 - 1983 Dec 6] Death Of A Portrait (ps: Evalina MACK) [f|{52:E}1952] Prof, Wayne Leslie MacNAUGHTON {US} [M: 1902 Mar 23 - 1982 Jan 21] Business Organization [n|{52:E}1952] Emile Adolph MAIER {US} [M: 1897 Sep 3 - 1976 Aug] A Story Of Sugar Cane Machinery [n|{52:E}1952] Rosamond (van der Zee) MARSHALL, nee ?, 1:Mrs ? {US} [F: 1902 Oct 17 - 1957 Nov 13] The Temptress [f|{52:E}1952] Ida May MELLEN {US} [F: 1877 Jan 9 - 1970 Feb 28] The Natural History Of The Pig [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Alice Marie MIEL {US} [F: 1906 Feb 21 - 1998 Jan 31] Cooperative Procedures In Learning [n|{52:E}1952] George (Lawrence) MIKAN (Jr) {US} [M: 1924 Jun 18 - 2005 Jun 1] Mr Basketball: George Mikan's Own Story (w Bill CARLSON) [a|{52:E}1952] Prof, Clarence Alonzo MILLS {US} [M: 1891 Dec 9 - 1974 Sep 17] Reflective Radiant Conditioning [n|{52:E}1952] Rutherford (George) MONTGOMERY {US} [M: 1894 Apr 12 - 1985 Jul 3] Wapiti, The Elk [f|{52:E:US}1952] Ira Victor MORRIS {US} [M: 1903 Nov 11 - 1972] The Chicago Story [f|{52:E}1952] Prof, Wright (Marion) MORRIS {US} [M: 1910 (wrongly 1909) Jan 6 - 1998 Apr 29] The Works Of Love [f|{52:E:US}1952] Heber Allen NEWSOM {US} [M: 1895 Jul 25 - 1977 Jun 24] Basketball For The High School Coach... [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Carl Bickford O'BRIEN, aka 'Bick' {US} [M: 1909 - 1979] Russia Under Two Tsars:...Tsarevna Sophie Aleekseevna 1682-1689 [n|{52:E}1952] Fr, John Anthony O'BRIEN {US} [M: 1893 Jan 20 - 1980 Apr 18] The Faith Of Millions [n|1938/{52:E}1952] Jack(=John) (Woolf) O'CONNOR {US} [M: 1902 Jan 22 - 1978 Jan (wrongly Jul) 20] Sportsman's Arms And Ammunition Manual [n|{52:E:US}1952] Charlton (Greenwood) OGBURN (Sr) {US} [M: 1882 - ?] This Star Of England (w Dorothy OGBURN) [n|{52:E}1952] Dorothy OGBURN, nee STEVENS {US} [F: c1885 - ?] This Star Of England (w Charlton OGBURN) [n|{52:E}1952] William Lorenzo PATTERSON {US} [M: 1891 (wrongly 1890 or 1894) Aug 27 (or 29) - 1980 Mar 5] We Charge Genocide: The Crime Of Government...Negro People [n|{52:E}1952] George PATTULLO {CA} [M: 1879 Oct 9 - 1967 Jul 30] Era Of Infamy [{52:E:US}1952] George Sessions PERRY {US} [M: 1910 May 5 - 1956 Dec 13] Texas: A World In Itself [n|{42:E:US}1942/{52:E:US}1952] Harry St John Bridger PHILBY {UK} [M: 1885 Apr 3 - 1960 Sep 30] Arabia Highlands [n|{52:E:US}1952] Henry(wrongly Horace) Beam PIPER {US} [M: 1904 Mar 23 - 1964 Nov c5] 19474 Uller Uprising [f|{52:E}1952] Henry PLEASANTS, Jr {US} [M: 1884 May 23 - 1963 Feb 7] No-Man's Land Of Colonial Pennsylvania [n|{52:E}1952] Mary PLUM {US} [F: 1892 - 1962] Murder Of A Redhaired Man [f|{52:E}1952] John (Brewster) PRESCOTT {US} [M: 1919 Jul 29 - 1999 Sep 5] The Beautiful Ship: A Story Of The Great Lakes [f|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Eugene PUMPIAN-MINDLIN {US} [M: 1908 Jul 18 - 1976 Jul 24] Psychoanalysis As Science (jt ed) [n|{52:E}1952/{56:E}1956] Luis QUINTANILLA (ps: Kyn TANIYA) [M: 1900 - 1980] Pan Americanism And Democracy [n|{52:E:US}1952] Ruth (nee)Lusk RAMSEY {US} [F: 1878 Nov 18 - 1959 Jun 25] Old Plum Tree [{52:E}1952] Prof, Thomas Ellsworth RAWLINS {US} [M: 1895 Nov 13 - 1972 Aug 1] Technics Of Plant Histochemistry And Virology (w W N TAKAHASHI) [n|{52:E:US}1952] Lewis Charles REIMANN {US} [M: 1890 Sep 22 - 1961 Aug 20] When Pine Was King [n|{52:E}1952] Frank Aydelotte RICE {US} [M: 1917 Apr 1 - 2007 Oct 29 (or 27)] Classical Arabic - The Writing System [n|{52:U:US}1952] Roe(=Roaldus) (Frederick) RICHMOND {US} [M: 1910 Jan 19 - 1986 May 8] Mojave Guns [f|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Svend Henry RIEMER {US} [M: 1905 Oct 28 - 1977 May 15] The Modern City [n|{52:E}1952] Tom(=Thomas) (B) ROAN {US} [M: 1892 (or 1894) Dec 9 - 1958 Apr (wrongly Jul) 17] Slave Girl [f|{52:E:US}1952] Carey ROCKWELL [house pseudonym] 19526 Stand By For Mars [f|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Franz ROSENTHAL {US} [M: 1914 Aug 31 - 2003 Apr 8] History Of Muslim Historiography [n|{52:E}1952] Zola (Helen) ROSS, nee GIRDEY {US} [F: 1907 (or 1912) May 9 - 1989 Nov 20] Stormy Year (w Lucile McDONALD) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Erhard ROSTLUND, ne RÖSTLUND {NO/US} [M: 1900 Jan 21 - 1961 Jul 13] Freshwater Fish And Fishing In Native North America [n|{52:E}1952] William James RUSHTON {US} [M: 1900 Jul 10 - 1987 Apr 28] The Old First [{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Lester Bruton SANDS {US} [M: 1905 Jun 10 - 1981 May 13] Administration Of American Education (w ?) [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Meyer SCHAPIRO {US} [M: 1904 Sep 23 - 1996 Mar 4 (wrongly 3)] Cezanne [{52:E}1952] Prof, Wilbur Arthur SELLE {US} [M: 1902 May 30 - 1989 Apr 23] Body Temperature:...With Environment, Disease And Therapy [n|{52:E}1952] Herbert(=Herman) (Arthur) SHAPIRO (Sr) {US} [M: 1899 May 24 - 1975 Mar 15] Gunplay At The X-Bar-X (ps: Burt ARTHUR) [f|{52:E:US}1952] Henry Beston SHEAHAN (ps: Henry BESTON) {US} [M: 1888 - 1968] Fairy Tales [s|{52:E}1952] Prof, William (Bradford) SHOCKLEY {US} [M: 1910 Feb 13 - 1989 (wrongly 1991) Aug 12 (wrongly 11)] Imperfections Of Nearly Perfect Crystals (ed) [e|{52:E}1952] Henry Upson SIMS {US} [M: 1873 Jun 27 - 1961 Oct 31] Origin & Development Of The Civilization Of The Gulf States [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Dora Valentine SMITH {US} [F: 1893 Feb 14 - 1985 Jan 28] English Language Arts (ed) [n|{52:E}1952] Isidor Feinstein STONE {US} [M: 1907 Dec 24 - 1989 Jun 18] The Hidden History Of The Korean War [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, George Malcolm STRATTON {US} [M: 1865 Sep 26 - 1957 Oct 8 (or 9)] Man: Creator Or Destroyer [n|{52:E}1952] Lloyd Frederick SUNDERMAN {US} [M: 1905 Jul 9 - 1983 Jan 11] Some Techniques For Choral Success [n|{52:E}1952] William SUNNERS {US} [M: 1902 (wrongly 1903) Aug 11 - 1988 May 10] Categories Of Famous People And Places For Unicorn-American... [n|{52:E}1952] How To Solve Contest Picture Puzzles (ps: Lee KEITH) [n|{52:E}1952] Positional Words: 2, 3, And 4[-8] Letters (ps: Lee KEITH) [5v|n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Sidney Samson SUTHERLAND {US} [M: 1899 Sep 5 - 1972 Feb 21] When You Preside: How To Plan And Conduct Informal... [n|{52:E}1952/{56:E}1956/{62:E}1962/71] William N TAKAHASHI [M: ? - ?] Technics Of Plant Histochemistry And Virology (w T E RAWLINS) [n|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Nicholas Lloyd TALIAFERRO, aka 'Tucky' {US} [M: 1889 or 1890 Oct 6 - 1961 Nov 16] Geology Of The San Francisco Bay Counties [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Charles Callan TANSILL {US} [M: 1890 Dec 9 - 1964 Nov 12] Back Door To War [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Ernest Hall TEMPLIN {US} [M: 1899 Mar 20 - 1961 Jun 21] Money In The Plays Of Lope De Vega [n|{52:E}1952] Jim(=James) (Meyer) THOMPSON {US} [M: 1906 Sep 27 - 1977 Apr 7] Cropper's Cabin [f|{52:E}1952] Margaret TITCOMB, originally ROWBOTHAM {US} [F: 1891 Feb 24 (or 26) - 1982 Aug 11] Native Use Of Fish In Hawaii (w Mary Kawena PUKUI) [n|{52:E}1952/72] Wilbur Coleman TUTTLE {US} [M: 1883 Nov 11 - 1969 Jun 6] Salt For The Tiger [f|{52:E:US}1952] Prof, Samuel VAN VALKENBURG {NL/US} [M: 1890 or 1891 Sep 14 - 1976 Apr 18] Europe (2e w Colbert C HELD) [n|{52:E}1952] Mediterranean Lands (ed) [n|{52:E}1952] William E VANCE {US} [M: ? - after 1988] The Branded Lawman [f|{52:E:US}1952] Mary Adrian VENN, Mrs JORGENSEN (ps: Mary ADRIAN) {US} [F: 1908 May 13 - 1995 Apr 13] Honey-Bee [f|{52:E}1952] Prof, Thomas C Gordon WAGNER {US} [M: 1916 Jan 9 - 2005 Dec 13] Electronic Communications Experiments (w ?) [n|{52:E}1952] Leslie (Elson) WALLER {US} [M: 1923 Apr 1 - 2007 Mar 29] The Witching Night (ps: C S CODY) [f|{52:E}1952] Prof, Harrington WELLS {US} [M: 1900 Feb 28 - 1965 Sep 7] Secondary Science Education [n|{52:E}1952] (William Anthony) Parker WHITE {US} [M: 1911 Aug 21 - 1968 Apr 29] The Best From F&SF (jt ed) (ps: Anthony BOUCHER) [s|{52:E}1952] Albert Nathaniel WILLIAMS {US} [M: 1914 Jan 19 - c1963] Black Hills, Mid-Continent Resort [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Orlando Winfield WILSON {US} [M: 1900 May 15 - 1972 Oct 18] Police Planning [n|{52:E}1952/{57:E}1957] Kathleen WINSOR, 1:Mrs HERWIG, 2:Mrs SHAW, 3:Mrs PORTER, 4:Mrs KRAKOWER {US} [F: 1919 Oct 16 (wrongly 13) - 2003 May 26] The Lovers [f|{52:E}1952] Fanny(=Frances) Kemble WISTER, Mrs STOKES {US} [F: 1901 Sep 20 - 1992 Apr 27] My Father, Owen Wister... [b|{52:E:US}1952] James (Mortimer) YAFFE {US} [M: 1927 Mar 31 - 2017 Jun 4] Mom Knows Best [f|{52:E}1952] Morton (Samuel) YARMON, originally GOLDSTEIN {US} [M: 1916 Mar 8 - 2005 Aug 3] Early American Antique Furniture [n|{52:E}1952] Bp, Sanford Calvin YODER {US} [M: 1879 Dec 5 - 1975 Feb 23] Eastward To The Sun [{52:E}1952] Jake(=Jacob) (Israel) ZEITLIN {US} [M: 1902 Nov 4 - 1987 Aug 30] More Whispers & Chants [p|{52:E}1952] James Herbert ZUMBERGE {US} [M: 1923 Dec 27 - 1992 Apr 15] The Lakes Of Minnesota, Their Origin And Classification [n|{52:E:US}1952]
LIKELY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAINThese 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. |
John(=Giovanni) A ABBO {US?} [M: 1911 Dec 27 - 1994 Aug 12] The Sacred Canons (w Jerome D HANNA) [2v|n|{52:N:H}1952] Anita ABBOTT {US?} [F: 1913 - ?] Magic Half Hour Dinners [n|{52:N:H}1952] Elizabeth ABBOTT {US?} [M: 1901 - ?] A Report On The Prospective Elementary Teacher's Preparation... [n|{52:E}c1952] Zabelle ABDALIAN {US?} [F: 1886 Oct 6 - 1962 Jan 18] Thy Flame Is Blown [{52:N}1952] Hans Christian ADAMSON {DK/US?} [M: 1890 Jul 20 - 1968 Sep 11] Keepers Of The Lights [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Eric Temple BELL {UK/US?} [M: 1883 Feb 7 - 1960 Dec 21 (or 20)] The Crystal Horde (ps: John TAINE) [{52:E}1952] Prof, Kenneth (Ewart) BOULDING {UK/US:1948on} [M: 1910 Jan 18 - 1993 Mar 18 (or 19)] Readings In Price Theory (w George J STIGLER) [n|{52:E}1952] Lynn C DENNY {US?} [M: ? - ?] Butane-Propane Power Manual (ed) [n|{52:N:H}1952] Richard Henry EDWARDS {US?} [M: 1877 - 1954] Valiant-For-Truth...David Fay Edwards 1834-1860 [b|{52:E}1952] Paul ERNST {US?} [M: 1886 - ?] Bronze Mermaid [f|{52:E}1952] Hal(=Harold) (Rudolf) FOSTER {CA/US:1934on} [M: 1892 Aug 16 - 1982 Jul 25 (wrongly 27)] Prince Valiant Fights Attila The Hun [f|{52:E}1952] Prof, John Kenneth GALBRAITH {CA/US:1937on} [M: 1908 Oct 15 - 2006 Apr 29] American Capitalism: The Concept Of Countervailing Power [n|{52:E}1952/{56:R}1956] Jerome D HANNAN {US?} [M: ? - ?] The Sacred Canons (w John A ABBO) [2v|n|{52:N:H}1952] Prof, Oleg Alexander MASLENIKOV {US?} [M: 1907 Nov 29 (or 1909 Jun 12) - 1972 Jan 10] The Frenzied Poets: Andrey Biely And The Russian Symbolists [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Pascal Prosper PARENTE {IT/US:1930on} [M: 1890 Sep 28 - 1971 Aug 10] A City On A Mountain: Padre Pio Of Pietrelcina [{52:E}1952] (Elizabeth) (nee?)Vernon QUINN {US?} [F: 1881 Jan 5 - 1962 Mar 21] Picture Map Geography Of Africa [n|{52:E}1952] Prof, Abraham Aaron/Aron ROBACK {PL/US:1942} [M: 1890 Jun 19 - 1965 Jun 7] Psychology Of Character [n|{27:E}1927/?/{52:E}1952] History Of American Psychology [n|{52:E}1952/64] Elmer WHEELER {US?} [M: 1903 - ?] How To Make Your Daydreams Come True [n|{52:E}1952]
POSSIBLY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAINThese 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. |
Charles ABEL [M: 1891 - ?] Tested Money-Making Ideas For Photographers [n|{52:N:H}1952] Gerald ABRAHAMS {UK} [M: 1907 Apr 15 - 1980 Mar 15] The Chess Mind [n|{52:N}1952] William Ross ASHBY {UK} [M: 1903 Sep 6 - 1972 Nov 15] Design For A Brain [n|{52:E}1952/{60:E}1960] Prof, George Herbert GUTTRIDGE {UK} [M: 1898 Aug 6 - 1969 Jan 7 (or 15)] The Early Career Of Lord Rockingham [b|{52:E}1952] Elizabeth (Norine) UPHAM [F: 1904 - ?] Little Brown Bear And His Friends [f|{52:E}1952] Anonymous & Corporate Works: 21516 Northern Nut Growers Association Report...42nd Annual Meeting [n|{52:E}1952]