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PROBABLY IN U.S. PUBLIC DOMAINThese 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. |
Clifton (Hendrix) ADAMS {US} [M: 1919 Dec 1 - 1971 Oct 1]
Whom Gods Destroy [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Hardcase (ps: Matt KINKAID) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Cynthia (Ray) (nee)DeFord ADAMS {US} [F: 1897 (or 1898) Oct 7 - 1987 May 12]
In Miniature [p|{53:E}1953]
Leon David ADAMS {US} [M: 1905 Feb 1 - 1995 Sep 14]
Striped Bass Fishing In California And Oregon [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Richard Laban ADAMS {US} [M: 1883 Aug 27 - 1957 Nov 4]
Farm Management Crop Manual [n|{53:E}1953]
Elmer ADLER {US} [M: 1884 Jul 22 - 1962 Jan 11]
On Books [n|{53:E}1953]
Frederick Henry Herbert ADLER {US} [M: 1885 Oct 3 - 1959 Dec 26]
Tall White Candles [p|{53:E}1953]
Edith Josephine AGNEW {US} [F: 1897 Oct 13 (or 12) - 1988 Feb 20]
Hand On My Shoulder (w Gabino RENDON) [{53:E}1953]
Clyde Bruce AITCHISON {US} [M: 1875 Feb 22 - 1962 Jan 16]
Fair Reward And Just Compensation, Common Carrier Service [n|{53:E}1953]
Henry Wilson ALLEN, aka Heck ALLEN {US} [M: 1912 Sep 29 - 1991 Oct 26]
War Bonnet (ps: Clay FISHER) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Yellow Hair (ps: Clay FISHER) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
To Follow A Flag (ps: Will HENRY) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Marguerite ALLIS {US} [F: 1885 or 1886 or 1887 - 1958]
To Keep Us Free [f|{53:E}1953]
(William) Lacey AMY {US} [M: 1878 - 1962]
Blue Pete And The Kid (ps: Luke ALLAN) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Blue Pete Rides The Foothills (ps: Luke ALLAN) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Earl William ANDERSON {US} [M: 1897 Mar 13 - 1965 Jul 21]
A Survey Of Teacher Education In The Oregon System... [n|{53:E}1953]
D A ANYM {US} [M: ? - ?]
Attic Stilai (w W K PRITCHETT) [n|{53:E}1953]
William (Thomas) ARD {US} [M: 1922 Jul 7 - 1960 Mar 12]
A Girl For Danny [f|{53:E:US}1953]
A Private Party (UK: Rogue's Murder) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Double Cross (ps: Mike MORAN) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Gothard Everett ARDEN {US} [M: 1905 Apr (wrongly Mar) 29 (wrongly 24) - 1978 Jun]
History Of The Illinois Conference [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Barbara (nee)Nachtrieb ARMSTRONG {US} [F: 1890 Aug 4 - 1976 Jan 18]
California Family Law [2v|n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, John (Lawrence) ASHBERY {US} [M: 1927 Jul 28 - 2017 Sep 3]
Turandot And Other Poems [p|{53:E}1953]
Ludwig Frederick AUDRIETH {US} [M: 1901 Feb 23 - 1967 Jan 28]
Non-Aqueous Solvents (w J KLEINBERG) [n|{53:E}1953]
Ruby Mildred AYRES, Mrs POCOCK {UK} [F: 1883 Jan 28 - 1955 Nov 14]
Old-Fashioned Heart [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Carl BAKAL {US} [M: 1918 Jan 18 - 2004 Mar 18]
The Filter Manual [n|{53:E}1953]
Brig-Gen, Nigel (Marlin) BALCHIN {UK} [M: 1908 Dec 3 - 1970 Mar 17]
Sundry Creditors (US: Private Interests) [{53:E:US}1953]
Willis Todhunter BALLARD {US} [M: 1903 Dec 13 - 1980 Dec 27]
West Of Quarantine [f|{53:E:US}1953]
High Iron [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Showdown (w James C LYNCH) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Harry Elmer BARNES {US} [M: 1889 Jun 15 - 1968 Aug 25]
Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace (jt ed) [n|{53:E}1953]
Carleton (Blick) BEALS {US} [M: 1893 Nov 13 - 1979 Jun (or Apr) 4 or 26]
Stephen F Austin, Father Of Texas [b|{53:E}1953]
William Gleason BEAN {US} [M: 1891 Dec 26 - 1974 May 24]
The Rufner Pamphlet Of 1847: An Antislavery Aspect... [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Hermann BECKS {US} [M: 1897 Aug 24 - 1962 Jul 13 or 14]
Atlas Of The Skeletal Development Of The Rat (w EVANS) [n|{53:E}1953]
James Warner BELLAH {US} [M: 1899 Sep 14 - 1976 Sep 22]
The Valiant Virginians [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Ben(=Benjamin) BENSON {US} [M: 1915 - 1959]
Target In Taffeta [f|{53:E}1953]
Arthur Cleveland BENT {US} [M: 1866 Nov 25 - 1954 Dec 30]
* Life Histories Of North American Wood Warblers [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Arthur (Eugene) BESTOR (Jr) {US} [M: 1908 Sep 20 - 1994 Dec 13]
Educational Wastelands [n|{53:E}1953/85]
Elisa BIALK, Mrs KRAUTTER {US} [F: 1908 (or 1912) Oct 4 - 1990 Feb 28]
Marty [{53:E}1953]
Curtis (Kent) BISHOP {US} [M: 1912 Nov 10 (or 12) - 1967 Mar 17]
Larry Of The Little League [f|{53:E}1953]
Prof, George Simms BLAIR {US} [M: 1924 May 31 - 1991 Oct 23]
The Office Of County Coroner In Kansas [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Bruce BLIVEN (Sr) {US} [M: 1889 Jul 27 - 1977 May 27]
Preview For Tomorrow: The Unfinished Business Of Science [n|{53:E}1953]
Lionel Herbert BLYTHE (ps: Lionel BARRYMORE) {US} [M: 1878 Apr 28 - 1954 Nov 15]
Mr Cantonwine: A Moral Tale [f|{53:E}1953]
Prof, James Newton BOLES {US} [M: 1920 Nov 29 - 1984 Apr 22]
Oranges And Orange Products: Changing Economic Relationships [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Otto Ferdinand BOND {US} [M: 1885 Nov 3 - 1980 Feb 17]
The Reading Method: An Experiment In College French [n|{53:E}1953]
Bertha (nee)Muzzy BOWER, 2:Mrs SINCLAIR, 3:Mrs COWAN {US} [F: 1871 (wrongly 1874) Nov 15 - 1940 Jul 23]
Trigger Vengeance [f|{53:E:US}1953]
William Frederick BRAGG {US} [M: 1892 Jul 16 - 1967 Jan 26]
Texas Fever [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Bullet Song [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Paul Frederick BRISSENDEN {US} [M: 1885 Sep 21 - 1974 Nov 29]
The Great Hawaiian Dock Strike [n|{53:E}1953]
Bertrand Harris BRONSON {US} [M: 1902 (wrongly 1903) Jun 22 - 1986 Mar 14]
Music And Literature In England In The 17th... (w J E PHILLIPS) [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Reid Merrifield BROOKS {US} [M: 1908 Feb 29 - 1966 Jan 17]
Western Fruit Gardening (w Claron O HESSE) [n|{53:E}1953]
Scott (Milross) BUCHANAN {US} [M: 1895 Mar 17 - 1968 Mar 25]
Essays In Politics [e|{53:E}1953]
Starling BURGESS, 1:Mrs McCREADY, 2:Mrs WOODS (ps: Tasha TUDOR) {US} [F: 1915 Aug 28 - 2008 Jun 18]
Edgar Allan Crow [{53:E}1953]
William Riley BURNETT (Jr) {US} [M: 1899 Nov 25 - 1982 Apr 25]
Big Stan (ps: John MONAHAN) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Hal(=Harold) (Bernard) BURTON {US} [M: 1908 Apr 15 - 1992 Mar 9]
The Real Book About Treasure [n|{53:E}1953]
Katherine (nee)Kurz BURTON {US} [F: 1890 - 1969]
So Much, So Soon: Father Brisson, Founder Of The Oblates... [b|{53:E}1953]
(Briton) Niven BUSCH (Jr) {US} [M: 1903 Apr 26 - 1991 Aug 25]
The Hate Merchant [f|{53:E:SIM?}1953]
Lyon Sprague de CAMP {US} [M: 1907 Nov 27 - 2000 Nov 6]
The Enchanter Compleated [f|{53:E}1953]
Sprague De Camp's New Anthology [s|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Elizabeth (nee)McClure CAMPBELL {US} [F: 1891 Nov 29 - 1989 May 6]
Communications Handbook (w B F FUSON) [n|{53:E}1953/{55:E}1955]
Frederic Ives CARPENTER (Jr) {US} [M: 1903 Feb 1 - 1991 Mar 16]
Emerson Handbook [n|{53:E}1953]
Albert (H) Zolotkoff CARR {US} [M: 1902 (wrongly 1900) Jan 15 - 1971 Oct 28]
How To Attract Good Luck And Make The Most Of It... [n|{53:E}1953]
William Temple Hatchett CHANDLER {US} [M: 1881 Jan 24 - 1967 Aug]
Little Gems Of Fort Morgan [n|{53:E}1953]
Sydney Aylmer CLARK {US} [M: 1890 Aug 18 - 1975 Apr 20]
All The Best In Spain And Portugal [n|{53:E}1953/?/?/66]
All The Best In Italy [n|{53:E}1953/68]
Harold Burton CLIFFORD {US} [M: 1893 May 21 - 1988 (or 1987) Apr 12 (wrongly 11)]
American Leaders [n|{53:E}1953]
Walt(=Walter) (J) COBURN {US} [M: 1889 Oct 23 - 1971 May 24]
The Way Of A Texan [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Robert Peter Tristram COFFIN {US} [M: 1892 Mar 18 - 1955 Jan 20]
Poems That Write The Poet [p|{53:E}1953]
Eugene Virginius CONNETT (III) {US} [M: 1891 Mar 8 - 1969 Sep 20]
Duck Decoys: How To Make Them, How To Paint Them, How To Rig Them [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Robert (White) CREELEY {US} [M: 1926 May 21 - 2005 Mar 30]
The Kind Of Act Of [p|{53:E}1953]
(William) Curtis Carroll DAVIS {US} [M: 1916 Feb 18 - 1997 Feb 1]
Chronicler Of The Cavaliers:...Novelist Dr William A Caruthers [b|{53:E}1953]
Mildred (B) DAVIS {US} [F: 1930 - living 2022]
They Buried A Man [f|{53:E}1953]
Leonard Herrington DAY {US} [M: 1883 Apr 21 or 22 - 1969 Mar 23]
Rootstocks For Stone Fruits [n|{53:E}1953]
Henry Andrew DE ROSSO {US} [M: 1917 - 1960]
.44 (aka: Killer's Brand) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
The Gun Trail [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Gordon Evans DEAN {US} [M: 1905 Dec 28 - 1958 Aug 15]
Report On The Atom [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Roy Joseph DEFERRARI {US} [M: 1890 Jun 1 - 1969 Aug 24]
Theology, Philosophy And History As Integrating... (ed) [n|{53:E}1953]
Fourth Year Latin (w Francis JOSEPH) [n|{53:E}1953]
Latin And English Syllabi In The Minor Seminary (ed) [n|{53:E}1953]
Viña DELMAR, nee CROTER {US} [F: 1905 Jan 29 - 1990 Jan 19]
Ruby [f|{53:E}1953]
Rev, Victoria (nee)Booth(-Clibborn) DEMAREST {FR/US} [F: 1889 Dec 31 (wrongly 1890 Jan 1) - 1982 Apr 4]
What I Saw In Europe: A Challenge To Christians Everywhere [n|{53:E:US}1953]
August (William) DERLETH {US} [M: 1909 Feb 24 - 1971 Jul 4]
Fell Purpose [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Death By Design [f|{53:E:US}1953]
The House Of Moonlight [s|{53:E}1953]
Psyche [p|{53:E}1953]
Empire Of Fur: Trading In The Lake Superior Region [n|{53:E}1953]
Trella (J) (nee)Lamson DICK {US} [F: 1889 May 29 - 1974 May 10]
Tornado Jones [f|{53:E}1953]
Prof, John (Pershing) DILLENBERGER {US} [M: 1918 Jul 11 - 2008 Feb 7]
God Hidden And Revealed [n|{53:E}1953]
Edward Joseph DOHERTY {US} [M: 1890 Oct 30 - 1975 May 4]
Blessed Martin De Porres [{53:E}1953]
Matt Talbot [b|{53:E}1953]
Marjory/Marjorie (nee)Stoneman DOUGLAS {US} [F: 1890 Apr 7 - 1998 May 14]
Freedom River [f|{53:E}1953]
Frederick G EAST {UK/US?} [M: 1895 Jul 13 - 1983 Sep 29]
The Desperado Code (ps: Roy MANNING) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Allan Vaughan ELSTON {US} [M: 1887 Jul 28 - 1976 Oct 21]
Colorado Showdown [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Gold Brick Range [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Loula Grace ERDMAN {US} [F: 1897 (or 1898) Jun 8 - 1976 Jun 20]
My Sky Is Blue [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Harold Underwood FAULKNER {US} [M: 1890 Feb 25 - 1968 Jun 17]
A Visual History Of The US [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Herman FESHBACH {US} [M: 1917 Feb 3 - 2000 Dec 22]
Methods Of Theoretical Physics (w P M MORSE) [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Mark Harris FINKELSTEIN {US} [M: 1922 Nov 19 - 2007 May 30]
The Southpaw (ps: Mark HARRIS) [f|{53:E}1953]
Lloyd Horace FISHER {US} [M: 1911 Jul 2 - 1953 Feb 2]
The Harvest Labor Market In California [n|{53:E}1953]
Helen (nee)Hartness FLANDERS {US} [F: 1890 May 19 - 1972 May 23]
Ballads Migrant In Vermont (w Marguerite OLNEY) [n|{53:E}1953]
Phillip Charles FLAYDERMAN {US} [M: 1930 Dec 12 - 1969 May 16]
Sarpedon [{53:E}1953]
Henry FORD {US} [M: 1924 - ?]
Rhymes And Jokes [p|{53:E}1953]
George E FOSTER {US} [M: 1898 - ?]
Arizona's Meteorite Crater [n|{53:E:US}1953]
August FRUGÉ {US} [M: 1909 Dec 5 - 2004 Jul 6]
A Skeptic Among Scholars:...University Publishing [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Deno John GEANAKOPLOS {US} [M: 1916 Aug 11 - 2007 Oct 4]
Greco-Latin Relations On The Eve Of The Byzantine Restoration [n|{53:E}1953]
Peter(=Pietro) (Baptisto) GERMANO {US} [M: 1913 May 17 - 1983 Sep 20]
Trail To Sundown (ps: Barry CORD) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Inez (nee)Haynes GILLMORE, 2:Mrs IRWIN {US} [F: 1873 Mar 2 - 1970 Sep 25 or 30]
Maida's Little Farm [f|{53:E}1953]
Frederick Dilley GLIDDEN (ps: Luke SHORT) {US} [M: 1908 Nov 19 - 1975 Aug 18 (wrongly 8)]
Good Men And Bad (ed) [{53:E:US}1953]
King Colt [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Bold Rider [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Silver Rock [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Jonathan Huriff GLIDDEN, aka Otis H GAYLORD (ps: Peter DAWSON) {US} [M: 1907 - 1957 Jul 22]
The Wild Bunch [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Delbert L GRATZ {US} [M: 1920 Mar 5 - 2000 Aug 24]
Bernese Anabaptists And Their American Descendents [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, William Brooke GRAVES {US} [M: 1899 May 4 - 1973 Sep 3]
American State Government [n|{36:E}1936/{41:E}1941/{46:E}1946/{53:E}1953]
Cary Travers GRAYSON, Jr {US} [M: 1919 Mar 21 - 2009 Mar 15]
Austria's International Position, 1938-1953 [n|{53:E}1953]
Clement GREENBERG {US} [M: 1909 Jan 16 - 1994 May 7]
Henri Matisse (1869-) (w Henri MATISSE) [n|{53:E}1953]
Emily HAHN, Mrs BOXER {US} [F: 1905 Jan 14 - 1997 Feb 18]
James Brooke Of Sarawak [b|{53:E}1953]
Meet The British (w Charles ROETTER & Harford THOMAS) [n|{53:E}1953]
Eugene Edward HALLERAN {US} [M: 1905 Feb 28 - 1994 Feb 16]
Colorado Creek (UK: Logan) (&ps: Evan HALL) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Georgia (Elma) HARKNESS {US} [F: 1891 Apr 21 - 1974 Aug 21]
The Religious Life [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Cyril (Beverly) HARRIS {CA} [M: 1891 May 5 - 1968 Aug]
The Trouble At Hungerfords [{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Alma M HAWKINS {US} [F: 1904 Sep 11 - 1998 Jan 8]
Modern Dance In Higher Education [n|{53:E}1953]
Ernest (James) HAYCOX {US} [M: 1899 Oct 1 - 1950 Oct 13]
Outlaw [f|{53:E:US}1953]
The Grim Canyon [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Harry LeRoy HAYWOOD {US} [M: 1886 - 1956]
Well Springs Of American Freemasonry [n|{53:E}1953]
Arch Oliver HECK {US} [M: 1887 Sep 30 - 1976 Mar 17]
The Education Of Exceptional Children [n|{40:E}1940/{53:E}1953]
Prof, Robert Fleming HEIZER {US} [M: 1915 Jul (or Jun) 13 - 1979 Jul 18 (or 16)]
Archaeology Of The Napa Region (ed) [n|{53:E}1953]
Regina (nee?)Flannery HERZFELD, aka 'Ithenakya' {US} [F: 1904 Dec 12 - 2004 Nov 26]
The Gros Ventres Of Montana [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Claron Owens HESSE {US} [M: 1912 Jun 23 - 1987 Jun 5]
Western Fruit Gardening (w Reid Merrifield BROOKS) [n|{53:E}1953]
William HEUMAN {US} [M: 1912 Feb 11 - 1971 Aug 11]
Little League Champs [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Keelboats North [f|{53:E:US}1953]
On To Santa Fe [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Howard HILL {US} [M: 1899 Nov 13 - 1975 Feb 4]
Archery Adventures: Hunting The Hard Way [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Alice (Tisdale) HOBART, nee NOURSE {US} [F: 1882 Jan 28 - 1967 Mar 14]
The Serpent-Wreathed Staff [f|{53:E}1953]
Wilbur Owings HOGUE (ps: Dock HOGUE) {US} [M: 1909 Sep 23 - 1952 Apr 12 (wrongly 13 or 15)]
Bob Clifton, African Planter [f|{53:E}1953]
Lafayette Ron(=Ronald) HUBBARD (Sr) {US} [M: 1911 Mar 13 - 1986 Jan 24 (or 25)]
From Death To The Stars [s|{53:E}1953]
Adelaide HUMPHRIES, nee MORRIS, 2:Mrs ROWE {US} [F: 1898 Oct 31 - 1979 Oct 2]
Georgia Girl (ps: Token WEST) [f|{53:E}1953]
Rehearsal For Love [f|{53:E}1953]
Ocean Wedding [f|{53:E}1953]
Marigold HUNT {US} [F: 1905 Nov 10 - 1994 Dec 12]
The First Catholics: The Acts Of The Apostles For Children [n|{53:E}1953]
Rev, Paul HUTCHENS {US} [M: 1902 Apr 7 - 1977 Jan 23]
The Trap Line At Sugar Creek [f|{53:E}1953]
Blue Cow At Sugar Creek [f|{53:E}1953]
Josephine (Winder) JACOBSEN, nee BOYLAN {CA/US} [F: 1908 Aug 19 - 2003 Jul 9]
The Human Climate: New Poems [p|{53:E}1953]
Will(=William) (Fitzgerald) JENKINS {US} [M: 1896 Jun 16 - 1975 Jun 8]
Space Platform [f|{53:E:US}1953]
18719 Space Tug [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Dorothy Marie JOHNSON, Mrs PETERKIN {US} [F: 1905 Dec 19 - 1984 Nov 11]
Indian Country (aka: A Man Called Horse) [s|{53:E:US}1953]
Gerald White JOHNSON {US} [M: 1890 Aug 6 (wrongly 8) - 1980 Mar 22 or 23]
Mount Vernon: The Story Of A Shrine [n|{53:E}1953]
Joseph Roy JONES {US} [M: 1888 Jul 7 - 1975 May 30]
Saddle Bags In Siskiyou [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Sister, Francis JOSEPH {US} [F: 1896 - ?]
Fourth Year Latin (w Roy J DEFERRARI) [n|{53:E}1953]
Ernest Ralph KASWELL {US} [M: 1917 Mar 21 - 2004 Jul 28]
Textile Fibers, Yarns And Fabrics [n|{53:E}1953]
Harry Stephen KEELER {US} [M: 1890 Nov 3 - 1967 Jan 22]
Stand By - London Calling! [f|{53:E}1953]
Prof, George Clayton KENNEDY {US} [M: 1919 Sep 22 (or 23) - 1980 Mar 18]
Geology And Mineral Deposits Of Jumbo Basin...Alaska [n|{53:E}1953]
Philip L KETCHUM {US} [M: 1902 Oct 19 - 1969 Dec 13]
Decision At Piute Wells [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Guns Of The Barricade Bunch [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Charles Poor KINDLEBERGER, II {US} [M: 1910 Oct 12 - 2003 Jul 7]
International Economics [n|{53:E}1953]
Russell (Amos) KIRK {US} [M: 1918 Oct 19 - 1994 Apr 29]
* The Conservative Mind, From Burke To Santayana [n|{53:E}1953]
Irving KOLODIN {US} [M: 1908 Feb 21 - 1988 Apr 29]
The History Of The Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1950 [n|{53:E}1953]
Manuel KOMROFF {US} [M: 1890 Sep 7 - 1974 Dec 10]
His Great Journey [n|{53:E}1953]
Big City, Little Boy [a|{53:E}1953]
Everyman's Bible (ed) [n|{53:E}1953]
Oliver (Hazard Perry) LA FARGE {US} [M: 1901 Dec 19 - 1963 Aug 2]
Cochise Of Arizona [{53:E:US}1953]
Tom LEA {US} [M: 1907 Jul 11 - 2001 Jan 28]
Tom Lea, A Portfolio Of Six Paintings [n|{53:E:US}1953]
The Stained Glass Designs In The McKee Chapel [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Paul Evan LEHMAN {US} [M: 1892 (wrongly 1893) Sep 28 - 1961 Jan 30 or Feb 1]
Pistols Of The Pecos [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Vultures On Horseback [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Gunsmoke Kingdom (ps: Paul EVAN) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Elmore (John) LEONARD (Jr) {US} [M: 1925 Oct 11 - 2013 Aug 20]
The Bounty Hunters [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, Joseph Richmond LEVENSON {US} [M: 1920 Jun 10 - 1969 Apr 6 (wrongly 14)]
Liang Ch'i-Ch'ao And The Mind Of Modern China [n|{53:E}1953]
Rev, Charles (Shelton) LUDWIG {US} [M: 1918 Jan 8 - 2002 Nov 22]
Radio Pals On Bar T Ranch [f|{53:E}1953]
Radio Pals Fight The Flood [f|{53:E}1953]
Man-Eaters And Masai Spears: A Missionary Adventure Story [f|{53:E}1953]
Man-Eaters Don't Knock: A Missionary Adventure Story [f|{53:E}1953]
James C LYNCH {US?} [M: ? - ?]
Showdown (w Willis Todhunter BALLARD) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
William David McCAIN {US} [M: 1907 Mar 29 - 1993 Sep 5]
The Story Of Jackson [2v|n|{53:E}1953]
Johnston McCULLEY {US} [M: 1883 Feb 2 - 1958 Nov 23]
Texas Showdown [f|{53:E:US}1953]
(Allan) William Colt MacDONALD {US} [M: 1891 Dec 2 - 1968 Mar 27]
Cow Thief [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Showdown Trail [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Dudley Dean McGAUGHY, aka William Dean OWEN {US} [M: 1913 Dec 23 - 1985 Jul 22]
Point Of A Gun (ps: Dean OWEN) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Ambush At Rincon (ps: Dudley DEAN) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Arthur Whittier MACMAHON {US} [M: 1890 May 29 - 1980 Feb 4]
Administration Of Foreign Affairs [n|{53:E}1953]
Edward Beverly MANN {US} [M: 1902 Jan 31 - 1989 Aug 22]
The Whistler [s|{53:E:US}1953]
Samuel Lyman Atwood MARSHALL {US} [M: 1900 Jul 18 - 1977 Dec 17]
The River And The Gauntlet [n|{53:E}1953/{62:R:H}1962]
Prof, James Joseph MARTIN {US} [M: 1916 Sep 18 - 2004 Apr 4]
Men Against The State [n|{53:E}1953]
Ida May MELLEN {US} [F: 1877 Jan 9 - 1970 Feb 28]
1001 Answers To Questions About Aquarium Fishes (w R J LANIER) [n|{53:E}1953]
George MILBURN {US} [M: 1906 Apr 27 - 1966 Sep 22]
Sin People [s|{53:E:US}1953]
Joan Wilhelmina MILLEN, nee ?, 1:Mrs KUSHNIR {US} [F: 1917 Jul 28 - 2006 Aug 10]
The Haggadah Story For Young Children (w ?) [n|{53:E}1953]
Rutherford (George) MONTGOMERY {US} [M: 1894 Apr 12 - 1985 Jul 3]
White Mountaineer [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Rev, Elgin Sylvester MOYER {US} [M: 1890 Apr 18 - 1985 Feb 25]
The Pastor And His Library [n|{53:E}1953]
Rabbi, Judah NADICH {US} [M: 1912 May 13 - 2007 Aug 26]
Eisenhower And The Jews [n|{53:E}1953]
Margaret NAUMBURG, Mrs FRANK {US} [F: 1890 May 14 or 24 - 1983 Feb 26]
Psychoneurotic Art: Its Function In Psychotherapy [n|{53:E}1953]
Homer Edward NEWELL (Jr) {US} [M: 1915 Mar 11 - 1983 Jul 18]
High Altitude Rocket Research [n|{53:E}1953]
Dwight Bennett NEWTON {US} [M: 1916 Jan 14 (wrongly 16 or 18) - 2013 Jun 30]
Guns Along The Wickiup [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Pat(=Patrick) Ireland NIXON (Sr) {US} [M: 1883 Nov 29 - 1965 Nov 18]
The History Of The Texas Medical Association, 1853-1953 [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Michael O'BRIEN {US} [M: 1918 Oct 1 - 1999 Jul 25]
Shopwork Teaching Tricks [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Eugene Pleasants ODUM {US} [M: 1913 Sep 17 - 2002 Aug 10]
Fundamentals Of Ecology [n|{53:E}1953]
Wayne Dorris OVERHOLSER {US} [M: 1906 Sep 4 (or 5) - 1996 Aug 27]
The Long Wind (UK: Guns At Lariat) (ps: Joseph WAYNE) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Alan (Jay) PIFER {US} [M: 1921 May 4 - 2005 Oct 31]
Forecasts Of The Fulbright Program In British Africa [n|{53:E}1953]
Henry(wrongly Horace) Beam PIPER {US} [M: 1904 Mar 23 - 1964 Nov c5]
17866 Murder In The Gunroom [f|{53:E}1953]
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]
Marian POWYS, Mrs GREY {UK} [F: 1882 Oct 27 - 1972 Mar 1]
Lace And Lace-Making [n|{53:E:US}1953]
John (Brewster) PRESCOTT {US} [M: 1919 Jul 29 - 1999 Sep 5]
Meeting In The Mountains [{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, William Kendrick PRITCHETT {US} [M: 1909 Apr 14 (wrongly 4) - 2007 May 29]
Attic Stilai (w D A ANYM) [n|{53:E}1953]
John (Bell) RAE {US} [M: 1911 Mar 21 - 1988 Oct 24]
Readings On The American Way (jt ed) [n|{53:E}1953]
Clarence Belden RANDALL {US} [M: 1891 Mar 5 - 1967 Aug 4]
Freedom's Faith [n|{53:E}1953]
Gardner READ {US} [M: 1913 Jan 2 - 2005 Nov 10]
A Thesaurus Of Orchestral Devices [n|{53:E}1953]
Lewis Charles REIMANN {US} [M: 1890 Sep 22 - 1961 Aug 20]
Incredible Seney [{53:E}1953]
Frank Aydelotte RICE {US} [M: 1917 Apr 1 - 2007 Oct 29 (or 27)]
Jerusalem Arabic (aka: Eastern Arabic) (w Majed F SA'ID) [n|{53:E:US}1953]
(Henry) Grantland RICE {US} [M: 1880 Nov 1 - 1954 Jul 13]
The Bobby Jones Story: From The Writings Of O B Keeler [n|{53:E}1953]
Bertha (Louise) RICKETTS, Mrs SUMNER (ps: Cid Ricketts SUMNER) {US} [F: 1890 Sep 27 - 1970 Oct 15]
The Hornbeam Tree [f|{53:E}1953]
Prof, David RIESMAN {US} [M: 1909 Sep 22 - 2002 May 10]
Thorstein Veblen [n|{53:E}1953]
(Vechel) Howard RIGSBY {US} [M: 1909 Nov 12 - 1975 Nov 7 (or 10)]
Rage In Texas [f|{53:E:US}1953]
(William) Garland ROARK {US} [M: 1903 (wrongly 1904) Jul 26 - 1985 Feb 9]
The Big Dry (ps: George GARLAND) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Frank Chester ROBERTSON {US} [M: 1890 Jan 12 - 1969 Jul 29]
Sagebrush Sorrel [{53:E:US}1953]
Prof, (James) Howard ROBINSON {US} [M: 1885 Jul 17 - 1977 Jan 26]
Britain's Post Office [n|{53:E}1953]
Carey ROCKWELL [house pseudonym]
19709 Danger In Deep Space [f|{53:E:US}1953]
21092 On The Trail Of The Space Pirates [f|{53:E:US}1953]
18753 The Space Pioneers [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Gov, (Anna) Eleanor ROOSEVELT, Mrs ROOSEVELT {US} [F: 1884 Oct 11 - 1962 Nov 7]
Today And Tomorrow [n|{53:E}1953]
Zola (Helen) ROSS, nee GIRDEY {US} [F: 1907 (or 1912) May 9 - 1989 Nov 20]
The Corpse By The River (ps: Helen ARRE) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Al(=Alvin) (Leon) ROTH {US} [M: 1914 Nov 14 - 2007 Apr 18]
Al Roth On Bridge: The Roth-Stone System [n|{53:E}1953]
William Samuel SADLER (Sr) {US} [M: 1875 Jun 24 - 1969 Apr 26]
Practice Of Psychiatry [n|{53:E}1953]
Edward SAGARIN {US} [M: 1913 Sep 18 - 1986 Jun 10]
Twenty-One Variations On A Theme (ps: Donald W CORY) [n|{53:E}1953]
Majed F SA'ID {US} [M: 1927 Sep 3 - 1966 Sep 6]
Jerusalem Arabic (aka: Eastern Arabic) (w Frank A RICE) [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Herman SCHNEIDER {US} [M: 1905 May 31 - 2003 Jul 31]
Science Fun With Milk Cartons (w Nina SCHNEIDER) [n|{53:E}1953]
Nina SCHNEIDER, nee ZIMET, 1:Mrs CHERNOWITZ {US} [F: 1913 Jan 29 - 2007 Sep 8]
Science Fun With Milk Cartons (w Herman SCHNEIDER) [n|{53:E}1953]
Robert Channing SEAMANS, Jr {US} [M: 1918 Oct 30 - 2008 Jun 28]
Automatic Control Of Aircraft [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Paul Bigelow SEARS {US} [M: 1891 Dec 17 - 1990 Apr 30]
Makers Of Modern Science: A 20th Century Library Trilogy [n|{53:E}1953]
Herbert(=Herman) (Arthur) SHAPIRO (Sr) {US} [M: 1899 May 24 - 1975 Mar 15]
Killer's Crossing (ps: Burt ARTHUR) [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Harry SIMONHOFF {US} [M: 1891 Feb 6 - 1966 Oct]
Under Strange Skies [{53:E}1953]
Cecil Louis Troughton SMITH (ps: Cecil Scott FORESTER) {UK} [M: 1899 Aug 27 - 1966 Apr 2]
The Barbary Pirates [{53:E:US}1953]
George Oliver SMITH {US} [M: 1911 Apr 9 - 1981 May 27]
Hellflower [f|{53:E}1953]
Ophia Delilah SMITH, Mrs SMITH {US} [F: 1891 Feb 19 - 1994 Feb 23]
A Buckeye Titan (w William E SMITH) [{53:E}1953]
Rev, Wade Cothran SMITH {US} [M: 1869 Jun 1 - 1960 May 16]
Little Jetts Youth Talks [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, William Ernest SMITH {US} [M: 1891 (wrongly 1892) Apr 30 - 1969 Dec]
A Buckeye Titan (w Ophia Delilah SMITH) [{53:E}1953]
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]
Rex (Todhunter) STOUT {US} [M: 1886 Dec 1 - 1975 Oct 27]
Invitation To Murder [f|{53:E}1953]
The Zero Clue [f|{53:E}1953]
William SUNNERS {US} [M: 1902 (wrongly 1903) Aug 11 - 1988 May 10]
How To Solve And Construct Unicorn And American Puzzles... [n|{53:E}1953]
Thomas THOMPSON, aka 'Tommy' THOMPSON {US} [M: 1913 Feb 24 - 1993 Jun 10]
King Of Abilene [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Frank(=Francis) Xavier TOLBERT (Sr) {US} [M: 1912 Jul 27 - 1984 Jan 10]
Nieman-Marcus: The Story Of The Proud Dallas Store [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Wilbur Coleman TUTTLE {US} [M: 1883 Nov 11 - 1969 Jun 6]
Renegade Sheriff [f|{53:E:US}1953]
Lyndall Fownes URWICK {UK} [M: 1891 Mar 3 - 1983 Dec 5]
Profitably Using The General Staff Position In Business [n|{53:E:US}1953]
Eugene Luther VIDAL, Jr {US} [M: 1925 Oct 3 - 2012 Jul 31]
Thieves Fall Out (ps: Cameron KAY) [f|{53:E}1953]
Prof, David Russell WAGONER {US} [M: 1926 Jun 5 - 2021 Dec 18]
Dry Sun, Dry Wind [p|{53:E:US}1953]
Billy(=William) (Stephen) WARREN {US} [M: 1882 Sep 6 - 1968 Oct 18]
Ride West Into Danger [f|{53:E}1953]
Frederick WAY, Jr {US} [M: 1901 Feb 17 - 1992 Oct 3]
She Takes The Horns: Steamboat Racing On The Western Waters [{53:E}1953]
Harold F WEAVER {US} [M: ? - ?]
Statistical Astronomy (w Robert J TRUMPLER) [n|{53:E}1953]
Richard Malcolm WEAVER (Jr) {US} [M: 1910 Mar 3 - 1963 Apr 1]
The Ethics Of Rhetoric [n|{53:E}1953]
Samuel Pool WEAVER {US} [M: 1882 Jan 20 - 1963 Jan 23]
Weaver, Kiehl, Pool, Bierer-Muller Families [b|{53:E:US}1953]
Autobiography Of A Pennsylvania Dutchman [a|{53:E:US}1953]
Kenneth Beals WEBB {US} [M: 1902 Mar 8 - 1984 Nov 8]
Summer Magic (w Susan WEBB) [{53:E}1953]
Susan WEBB, nee HOWARD {US} [F: 1908 Aug 18 - 2011 Sep 9]
Summer Magic (w Kenneth B WEBB) [{53:E}1953]
Helen WEINSTOCK {US} [F: 1910 Mar 29 - 1986 Feb 10]
Escape By Night: A Story Of The Underground Railway (ps: Helen WELLS) [f|{53:E}1953]
Carl WESCHCKE {US} [M: 1894 Nov 23 - 1973 Oct]
18189 Growing Nuts In The North:...Minnesota And Wisconsin [n|{53:E}1953]
(William Anthony) Parker WHITE {US} [M: 1911 Aug 21 - 1968 Apr 29]
The Best From F&SF, v2 (jt ed) (ps: Anthony BOUCHER) [s|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Cecil Brown WILLIAMS {US} [M: 1901 Oct 27 - 1966 Sep 6]
Paradise Prairie [f|{53:E}1953]
Effective Business Writing [n|1947/{53:E}1953]
Josiah Pitts WOOLFOLK {US} [M: 1894 Mar 25 - 1971 May 16]
Writer's Cramp [n|{53:E}1953]
James (Mortimer) YAFFE {US} [M: 1927 Mar 31 - 2017 Jun 4]
Mom Makes A Bet [f|{53:E}1953]
William Butler YEATS {IE} [M: 1865 Jun 13 - 1939 Jan 28]
Some Letters From W B Yeats To John O'Leary And His Sister [a|{53:E:US}1953]
Arthur Nichols YOUNG {US} [M: 1890 Nov 21 - 1984 Jul 19 (wrongly 26)]
Saudi Arabian Currency And Finance [n|{53:E}1953]
Gordon (Ray) YOUNG {US} [M: 1886 Sep 27 - 1948 Feb 10]
Hell On Hoofs [f|{53:E:US}1953]
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. |
James Thayer ADDISON {US?} [M: 1887 - 1953]
War, Peace, And The Christian Mind: A Review Of Recent Thought [n|{53:E}1953]
Ursula (Harvey) BLOOM, 1:Mrs DENHAM-COOKES, 2:Mrs GOWER-ROBINSON {UK} [F: 1892 (wrongly 1893) Dec 11 - 1984 Oct 29 (wrongly 31)]
Pretty, Witty Nell! (aka: Sweet Nell) (ps: Lozania PROLE) [3] [f|{53:E:SIM?}1953]
Edmund BOOTH {US?} [M: 1810 - 1905]
L Edmund Booth (1810-1905) Forty-Niner [a|{53:E}1953]
Freiherr, Wernher (Magnus Maximilian) von BRAUN {DE/US:1955on} [M: 1912 Mar 3 - 1977 Jun 16]
The Mars Project [n|{53:E}1953]
Raymond (Thornton) CHANDLER {US/UK:1907on/US:1948on} [M: 1888 Jul 23 - 1959 Mar 26]
Pearls Are A Nuisance [s|{53:E:SIM?}1953]
(Ida) Dorothy (Otley) COTTRELL, nee WILKINSON {AU/US:1939on} [F: 1902 Jul 16 - 1957 Jun 29 or 30]
+ The Silent Reefs [f|{53:E}1953]
John (William) van DRUTEN {?/US:1944on} [M: 1901 Jun 1 - 1957 Dec 19]
Stalag 17 [{53:E}1953]
Playwright At Work [n|{53:E}1953]
Louis(=Leib) FALSTEIN {SU/US:1936on} [M: 1909 (or 1907) May 1 - 1995 Dec 22]
Slaughter Street [f|{53:E}1953]
Hal(=Harold) (Rudolf) FOSTER {CA/US:1934on} [M: 1892 Aug 16 - 1982 Jul 25 (wrongly 27)]
Prince Valiant On The Inland Sea [f|{53:E}1953]
Paul (Leslie) FRANK {US?} [M: ? - ?]
The Concept Of Musical Romanticism In The Light Of...Style [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Richard Benedict GOLDSCHMIDT {DE/US:1942on} [M: 1878 Apr 12 - 1958 Apr 24]
Theoretical Genetics [n|{53:E}1953]
Walter (Julius) HORVATH {US?} [M: 1901 - ?]
Successful Salesmanship (2e w Paul W IVEY) [n|{53:E:US?}1953]
Dale KRAMER {US?} [M: ? - before 1980]
Teen-age Gangs (w Madeline KARR) [n|{53:E}1953]
Eugene (Nathan) LYONS {SU/US:1919} [M: 1898 Jul 1 - 1985 Jan 7 (wrongly 10)]
Our Secret Allies, The Peoples Of Russia [n|{53:E}1953]
Clarence Ralph McBRIDE {US?} [M: ? - ?]
A Christian Home In Rural Setting [n|{53:E}1953]
Gabino RENDON {US?} [M: ? - ?]
Hand On My Shoulder (w Edith Josephine AGNEW) [{53:E}1953]
Prof, Matthew SPINKA {US:1911on} [M: 1890 Jan 30 - 1972 Oct 23]
Advocates Of Reform (ed) [n|{53:E}1953]
Evelyn Bridget Patricia STEPHENS, Mrs WARD-THOMAS {UK} [F: 1926 (wrongly 1928) Jul 3 - 2018 Aug 25]
Imperial Highness (US: Rebel Princess) [f|{53:E:SIM?}1953]
Prof, George Rogers TAYLOR {US?} [M: 1895 - ?]
Great Tariff Debate, 1820-1830 [n|{53:E}1953]
Prof, Robert Julius TRUMPLER {CH/US?} [M: 1886 Oct 2 - 1956 Sep 10]
Statistical Astronomy (w Harold F WEAVER) [n|{53:E}1953]
(Marie) Annette(=Antoinette) TURNGREN {US?} [F: 1902 May 3 - 1980 May 14]
Great Artists [n|{53:E}1953]
Elmer WHEELER {US?} [M: 1903 - ?]
How To Make Your Sales Sizzle In 17 Days [n|{53:E}1953]
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. |
Lewis PADGETT (see: Henry KUTTNER & Catherine Lucille MOORE)
The Well Of The Worlds [f|{53:E}1953]
James Sheldon SHOEMAKER [M: 1898 - ?]
Vegetable Growing [n|{47:E}1947/{53:E}1953]
Prof, Walter Fitzwilliam STARKIE {UK} [M: 1894 Aug 9 - 1976 Nov 2]
Sara's Tents [n|{53:E}1953]
Anonymous & Corporate Works:
25935 Northern Nut Growers Association Report...43rd Annual Meeting [n|{53:E}1953]