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The Dark Tower – The Gunslinger (1982) front cover, first edition

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English: The Dark Tower – The Gunslinger (1982) front cover, first edition
Date published 1982
Source Heritage Auctions (direct link)
Author Illustration by Michael Whelan

Licensing

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There are no copyright notices on the first-edition dust jacket nor the second-edition dust jacket (both of which have the same front cover art) as shown in the links below.

First edition, 1982

nocloo.com:

Second edition, 1984

Biblio:

Using the search term "Dark Tower" and looking at the year 1982, we see that there are two possibly relevant copyright registrations: TX0001057290 and TX0001057289.

TX0001057290 says "Copyright Claimant: Michael Whelan on ill. in book;" and "Edition: 1st ed."

The registration does not mention the dust jacket. Furthermore, even if the registration covers the dust jacket, the same front cover art was subsequently published in the second-edition dust jacket without notice, which would risk forfeiting the copyright for the cover art.

Using the search term "Dark Tower" and looking at the year 1984, we can see that there are no copyright registrations relating to the second edition.

TX0001057289 refers to the literary work and not the dust jacket.

Thus the front cover art is in the public domain in the US.


Public domain
This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice, and its copyright was not subsequently registered with the U.S. Copyright Office within 5 years.

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