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    1 2*6 „ The Publishers' Circular March f...

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    Copyright In Canada. On January 22, The ...

    To . His Counci Excellency l : —¦ the Governor-General in

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    British proposed copyri bill , ght but book , on is the made contrary an exclusive , every

    all copyri unauthorised ght in Canada foreign , and reprints the importation of the same of

    is prohibited . The Canadian book trade and the Canadian reading 0 public would be thus ir ^ p ^

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1889, page 216, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031889/page/6/