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If there are other versions of his books out there - particularly the ones that have been scanned - they may be illegal copies where the publisher thinks that the copyright is no longer valid.
I was contacted last year by someone who wanted to do this with a large stack of older books, however when I contacted several of the publishers about copyright, they were very clear that they would pursue any copyright infringement with both guns blazing - so to speak.
You might want to get the family busy - or maybe the members of your organization who want to help - chasing down the books currently being offered to make sure that the family's rights to the material (and the profits from the sales of that material) are being correctly managed.
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