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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
Volume 10 with the letter Z wasn't published until the year 1928 so "1888 edition" is nonsense and the complete text may not be PD in the US.
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Whether or not a document produced in a foreign country is P.D. in another country depends upon what the laws of
the foreign country are where it was copyrighted, doesn't it?
So, if the "Z" volume wasn't published until 1928, causing the whole set to gain a 1928 copyright date (if I understand your point), it seems to me that that would only matter if works copyrighted in England(?) in 1928 were still in copyright. I don't know if they are or are not.
That prompts a question about books and other published works, in the U.S. in particular, that have a second, or later, revised edition, a new foreword, a different cover (even if a digital product), and/or an additional chapter or two, etc. Will it gain a new, later copyright date for the original published work, or for only the new material?
Oh, I so wish that I were a copyright lawyer. Not!