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    "-S MR. H. C. BAIRD ON COPYRIGHT NATIONA...

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    3 I 6 The Publishers Circular April f > x ^

    "-S Mr. H. C. Baird On Copyright Nationa...

    -S MR . H . C . BAIRD ON COPYRIGHT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1884, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041884/page/4/