It might have (possibly) been in the US public domain in 1970. It isn't now.
It was first published in 1926 in the UK. It was published in the US in 1927. Hope Mirrless was not a US citizen. It was still in copyright in the UK on 1 January 1996
So, looking at
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/
It seems to me that in US law it's in copyright until 95 years after publication - that's until 1st Janury 2022
In the UK it's in copyright until 1st January 2049
In Canada it's in copyright until 1st January 2029
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Originally Posted by BenG
I have the electronic text (in addition to 2 paperbacks) which was posted on a website back in 2000. The website said it was in the public domain as far as they knew, but everybody says that, so I've never posted it.
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