When the music in our parlors brought death to darkest Africa, The Devil's book of verse



Incubations of immortality

Document number:
V1710P311
Date of Recordation:
March 5, 1979
Entire Copyright Document:
V1710P311 (Single page document)
Date of Execution:
February 13, 1979
Registration Number Not Verified:
TX 155-702 (1978)
Title:
Incubations of immortality; literary work / (In Quest, v. 2, no. 7) TX 155-702 (1978)
Notes:
Assignment of copyright.
Names:
Quest Magazine.
Willard R. Espy

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Willard R. Espy.

Bold new program. By Willard R. Espy

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Array
RE0000008637 / 1978-12-24
A00000043865 / 1950-05-10
Title:
Bold new program. By Willard R. Espy.
Variant title:
Bold new program.
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy (A)
Names:
Willard R. Espy

Espyonage

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0000141676 / 1978-11-16
Date of Publication:
November 7, 1978
Date of Creation:
1978
Title:
Espyonage : what's in a name? / by Willard R. Espy.
Other Title:
Harper's, Dec. 1978
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy
Names:
Willard R. Espy

O thou improper, thou uncommon noun

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0000184009 / 1979-01-16
Date of Publication:
December 11, 1978
Date of Creation:
1978
Title:
O thou improper, thou uncommon noun : a bobtailed, generally chronological listing of proper names that have become improper and uncommonly common, together with a smattering of proper names commonly used ... and certain other diversions / Willard R. Espy.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: additions.
Previous Registration:
Excerpts prev. reg. 1978, TX 141-676.
Imprint:
[s.l.] : distributed by Crown Publishers, c1978.
Description:
366 p. : ill.
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy
Notes:
Illustrated by Paul Degen; foreword by Heywood Hale Broun.
Names:
Paul Degen
Heywood Hale Broun (1 documents)
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Willard R. Espy

Say it my way

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0000410257 / 1980-02-04
Date of Publication:
January 21, 1980
Date of Creation:
1978
Title:
Say it my way : how to avoid certain pitfalls of spoken English together with a decidely informal history of how our language rose (or fell) / by Willard R. Espy.
Edition:
1st ed.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: "additional text & compilation."
Previous Registration:
Portions prev. pub. in One to a customer, et al.
Imprint:
Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, 1980.
Description:
219 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy
Names:
Willard R. Espy

Another almanac of words at play

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0000629579 / 1981-02-09
Date of Publication:
November 28, 1980
Date of Creation:
1980
Title:
Another almanac of words at play / [text, compilation & arr.] Willard R. Espy.
Edition:
1st ed.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: "compilation of prev. pub. material, text, arr."
Imprint:
New York : distributed by Crown Publishers, c1980.
Description:
362 p.
Other Title:
An Almanac of words at play
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy
Notes:
First ed. pub. in 1975 under ti.: An Almanac of words at play.
Names:
Willard R. Espy

Have a word on me

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0000770967 / 1981-09-22
Date of Publication:
August 25, 1981
Date of Creation:
1980
Title:
Have a word on me : a celebration of language / Willard R. Espy ; ill. by Charles C. Hefling, Jr.
Imprint:
New York : Simon and Schuster, c1981.
Description:
256 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Willard Espy
Notes:
Five chapters originally appeared, in a slightly different form, as articles in Harvard magazine, and one as an article in Games.
Names:
Willard R. Espy (17 documents)
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Hefling, Charles C., Jr.

Espygrams

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0001025323 / 1982-11-22
Date of Publication:
February 1, 1982
Date of Creation:
1981
Title:
Espygrams : 55 anagram verses from Punch plus 25 more / Willard R. Espy.
Edition:
1st ed.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: "25 new verses and compilation of pub. and unpub. verses."
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg.
Imprint:
New York : C.N. Potter ;
Description:
1 v.
Other Title:
Punch
Publisher Number:
distributed by Crown Publishers, c1982
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy
Names:
Willard R. Espy

A Children's almanac of words at play

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0001109721 / 1983-03-22
Date of Publication:
November 19, 1982
Date of Creation:
1982
Title:
A Children's almanac of words at play / by Willard R. Espy ; ill. by Bruce Cayard.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : distributed by Crown Publishers, c1982.
Description:
243 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy
Names:
Willard R. Espy
Bruce Cayard

The Devil's book of verse

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0001162610 / 1983-08-01
Date of Publication:
June 6, 1983
Date of Creation:
1983
Title:
The Devil's book of verse : masters of the poison pen from ancient times to the present day / compiled & edited by Richard Conniff ; foreword by Willard R. Espy.
Edition:
1st ed.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: compilation, introd. & editor's notes.
Imprint:
New York : Dodd, Mead, c1983.
Description:
269 p.
Variant title:
The Devil's book of verse : masters of the poison pen from ancient times to the present day
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Richard Conniff (19 documents)
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Willard R. Espy

The Devil's book of verse

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0001162611 / 1983-08-01
Date of Publication:
June 6, 1983
Date of Creation:
1983
Title:
The Devil's book of verse : masters of the poison pen from ancient times to the present day / compiled & edited by Richard Conniff ; foreword by Willard R. Espy.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : Dodd, Mead, c1983.
Description:
269 p.
Variant title:
The Devil's book of verse : masters of the poison pen from ancient times to the present day
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy on foreword;
Names:
Richard Conniff (19 documents)
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Willard R. Espy (17 documents)
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The Garden of Eloquence

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0001230341 / 1983-11-04
Date of Publication:
October 26, 1983
Date of Creation:
1983
Title:
The Garden of Eloquence : a rhetorical bestiary / Willard R. Espy ; drawings by Teresa Peekema Allen.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : Harper & Row, c1983.
Description:
221 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy
Notes:
Including portions of the first Garden of Eloquence, pub. in 1577 by Henry Peacham.
Authorship on Application:
entire ill.: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., employer for hire of Teresa Allen.
Names:
Teresa Peekema Allen
Willard R. Espy 1910-
Henry Peacham 1546-1634
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. (1747 documents)
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Words to rhyme with

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0002000212 / 1987-01-27
Date of Publication:
May 15, 1986
Date of Creation:
1986
Title:
Words to rhyme with : for poets and song writers / Willard R. Espy.
Imprint:
New York : Facts on File Publications, c1986.
Description:
656 p.
Variant title:
Words to rhyme with : for poets and song writers
Copyright Claimant:
Willard Espy
Names:
Willard R. Espy (17 documents)
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The Grand panjandrum

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0003123758 / 1991-08-01
Date of Publication:
July 30, 1991
Date of Creation:
1990
Title:
The Grand panjandrum : and 2,699 other rare, useful, and delightful words and expressions / J. N. Hook ; foreword by Willard R. Espy.
Edition:
Rev. & expanded.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: foreword.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1980, TX 584-435. Appl. states copyrights not claimed on other new text.
Description:
1 v.
Variant title:
The Grand panjandrum : and 2,699 other rare, useful, and delightful words and expressions
Copyright Claimant:
Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan, Inc.
Authorship on Application:
foreword: Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan, Inc., employer for hire.
Names:
Willard R. Espy
Julius Nicolas Hook 1913-
J. N. Hook (10 documents)
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Macmillan, Inc. Macmillan Publishing Company (1679 documents)
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The Grand panjandrum

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0003123759 / 1991-08-01
Date of Publication:
July 30, 1991
Date of Creation:
1990
Title:
The Grand panjandrum : and 2,699 other rare, useful, and delightful words and expressions / J. N. Hook ; foreword by Willard R. Espy.
Edition:
Rev. & expanded.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: additions & revisions.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1980, TX 584-435. Appl. states copyrights not claimed on foreword.
Description:
1 v.
Variant title:
The Grand panjandrum : and 2,699 other rare, useful, and delightful words and expressions
Copyright Claimant:
J. N. Hook
Names:
Willard R. Espy
Julius Nicolas Hook 1913-

The Word's gotten out

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0003267831 / 1992-02-03
Date of Publication:
December 4, 1989
Date of Creation:
1989
Title:
The Word's gotten out / Willard R. Espy.
Edition:
1st ed.
Previous Registration:
Appl. states pref. & text all new except some preexisting text.
Description:
1 v.
Copyright Claimant:
Willard R. Espy
Names:
Willard R. Espy

Spineless wonders

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004422461 / 1996-12-06
Date of Publication:
November 21, 1996
Date of Creation:
1996
Title:
Spineless wonders : strange tales from the invertebrate world / Richard Conniff ; ill. by Sally Bensusen.
Imprint:
New York : H. Holt, c1996.
Description:
222 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Sally Bensusen
Richard Conniff

Blackwater country

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004832006 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
April 1, 1992
Date of Creation:
not given on appl.
Title:
Blackwater country / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Melissa Farlow.
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Copyright Claimant:
on text; Richard Conniff
Names:
Melissa Farlow (2 documents)
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Richard Conniff

California--desert in disguise

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004832007 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
November 1, 1993
Date of Creation:
1992
Title:
California--desert in disguise / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Rick Rickman.
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Series:
Supply--case study
Other Title:
Water, the power, promise and turmoil of North America's fresh water
Copyright Claimant:
on text; Richard Conniff
Names:
Richard Conniff (19 documents)
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Rick Rickman (3 documents)
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Easter Island unveiled

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004836168 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
March 1, 1993
Date of Creation:
1991
Title:
Easter Island unveiled / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Bob Sacha.
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Bob Sacha
Richard Conniff (19 documents)
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Tex-Mex

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004836169 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
February 1, 1996
Date of Creation:
1994
Title:
Tex-Mex : the winding border along the Rio Grande divides and unites two fast-changing worlds / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Bruce Dale and Joel Sartore.
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Variant title:
Tex-Mex : the winding border along the Rio Grande divides and unites two fast-changing worlds
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Bruce Dale
Joel Sartore
Richard Conniff

Federal lands

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004836170 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
February 1, 1994
Date of Creation:
1992
Title:
Federal lands : new showdowns in the old West / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Joel Sartore.
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Variant title:
Federal lands : new showdowns in the old West
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Joel Sartore (2 documents)
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Toronto

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004836171 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
June 1, 1995
Date of Creation:
1994
Title:
Toronto / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Gerd Ludwig.
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Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Gerd Ludwig (6 documents)
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Richard Conniff (19 documents)
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Monaco

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004836172 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
May 1, 1996
Date of Creation:
1995
Title:
Monaco / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Jodi Cobb.
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Jodi Cobb

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Richard Conniff (19 documents)
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Tarantulas

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004836173 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
September 1, 1996
Date of Creation:
1994
Title:
Tarantulas : earth tigers and bird spiders / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Mark W. Moffett.
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Mark W. Moffett
Richard Conniff

Ireland on fast-forward

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004851774 / 1998-08-21
Date of Publication:
September 1, 1994
Date of Creation:
1993
Title:
Ireland on fast-forward / by Richard Conniff ; photos by Sam Abell.
Rights and Permissions:
Rights & permissions info. on original appl. in C.O.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Richard Conniff (19 documents)
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Every creeping thing

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004955826 / 1999-04-01
Date of Publication:
December 10, 1998
Date of Creation:
1998
Title:
Every creeping thing : true tales of faintly repulsive wildlife / Richard Conniff ; ill. by Sally J. Bensusen.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : H. Holt, 1998.
Description:
256 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Richard Conniff
Sally J. Bensusen

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The natural history of the rich

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005672304 / 2003-01-17
Date of Publication:
October 21, 2002
Date of Creation:
2002
Title:
The natural history of the rich : a field guide / Richard Conniff.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: text and compilation.
Previous Registration:
Preexisting material: photos.
Imprint:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2002.
Description:
344 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff
Names:
Richard Conniff (19 documents)
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When the music in our parlors brought death to darkest Africa

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005853669 / 2002-07-30
Date of Publication:
July 1, 1987
Date of Creation:
1987
Title:
When the music in our parlors brought death to darkest Africa / by Richard Conniff.
Application Title:
Ivory and abolition.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff, 1951-
Names:
Richard Conniff 1951-

The ape in the corner office

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0006244614 / 2005-10-12
Date of Publication:
September 6, 2005
Date of Creation:
2005
Title:
The ape in the corner office : understanding the workplace beast in all of us / Richard Conniff.
Edition:
1st ed.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: text
Previous Registration:
Photos preexisting.
Imprint:
New York : Crown Business, c2005.
Description:
341 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Richard Conniff, 1951-
Names:
Richard Conniff 1951-
Richard Conniff
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