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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister
Of the 12, eight are in the Life +70 publlic domain and are easily available in free digital editions. The remaining four are, so far as I can tell, available only in paper books. All are advertised as available on second-hand book sites.
1: Graustark, George Barr McCutcheon, 1901 (Ruritanian Romance)
2: Three Weeks, Elinor Glyn, 1907 (Overheated romance)
3: Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1912 (Adventure)
4: The Mystery of Dr Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer 1913 ("Yellow Peril" thriller)
5: The Adventures of Jimmie Dale, Frank L Packard, 1917 (Gentleman burglar, crime)
6: The Sheikh, 1919 (Overheated romance)
7: Leonie of the Jungle, Joan Conquest, 1921 (India, Kali Worship)
8: Black Oxen, Gertrude Atherton, 1923 (Romance, Gland Therapy)
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I'm afraid that four of your eight books are
not in the life+70 public domain.
E.M. Hull (author of "The Sheikh") died in 1947.
Gertrude Atherton died in 1948.
Edgar Rice Burroughs died in 1950.
Arthur Ward ("Sax Rohmer") died in 1959.