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S-74 No. 19

ANNOTATION IN ANTEDATED NOTICE CASES WHERE THERE IS MORE THAN ONE YEAR DATE IN THE NOTICE

Frequently we have antedated notice cases where there is more than one date in the notice. For example, a work published in 1966 with new matter may bear a notice containing a 1961 and 1965 year date. The 1961 year date refers to a previous unpublished registration or to an earlier published edition and the 1965 year date is intended to cover the version published with new matter in 1966. The question then arises whether the antedated notice annotation should read "In notice: 1961, 1965" or "In notice: 1965."

It is our general policy to include all of the year dates in the annotation. The inclusion of only one of the year dates when several are in the notice creates a false picture of the notice and under certain circum­stances Gould have serious consequences.

In cases where the notice contains many dates so that it would be impractical to show them all in the annotation, the following legend may be used, "In notice: series of year __________ dates from __________ through __________ 3-66