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Hi Dennis. Sorry, I had a brief softening of the brain when I typed that, it should have referred to "Lost Hearts", and those particular illustrations never appeared in any book, only the magazine.
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There's an interesting write up on James and the illustrators who worked on is material at
http://www.darklanecreative.com/blog...s-illustrators
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I see the cross-hatching almost always when the images are "photogravure" (see attached pic), but not on line-art. Of course, Google scans have other issues as well --- they seem to LOVE to frequently use some sort of softening-blur on illustrations that often makes them look smeared. Those will look ok on a small reader display, but are awful to work with for clean-up and enhancement.
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Google scans are contracted out, so "they" gets to be a bit nebulous. My impression is that Google is primarily concerned with the text, and if it can be converted via OCR.
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I agree about hathitrust and their odd restrictions, but I do confess to downloading from them ---- one page at a time, and cursing every minute -- when I can't find the desired material anywhere else. I've only done it once for an entire (short) book, though --- otherwise, just illustrations or missing pages of text.
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You are a better and more patient soul than I. I would need far more incentive than I'll likely to get to go through that trouble.
I don't see Hathi Trust's restrictions as odd, per se. They are a service to institutions, and grant full rights to those who pay them. Individuals like you and I don't contribute funding to their preservation efforts, and won't get full access.
It's a pain, but the information is at least preserved, even if not universally available.
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Dennis