SERIES LIST

An alphabetical list of the series titles given in the entries included in the main section of this catalog.

Publications of the Copyright Office
1953

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third series, 1947 to date.

Published semiannually in 11 sections. Annual subscription price for all sections, $20.00.

Lists annually the works registered in the Copyright Office, currently amounting to over 200,000 books, pamphlets, periodicals, dramas, musical compositions, maps, works of art, prints and labels, motion pictures, and filmstrips.

Published by authority of sections 210 and 211 of Title 17 of the United States Code. Section 210 provides: “The current catalog of copyright entries and the index volumes herein provided for shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein as regards any copyright registration.”

Certain parts constitute basic bibliographies in their fields and represent the only comprehensive listing of their respective materials.

Subscriptions may be placed for one or more parts or for the whole series. The prices given below are for an annual subscription.

Order from, and make remittances payable to, the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D. C.

Write to the Register of Copyrights concerning availability and prices of the Catalog before 1947.

Books and Selected Pamphlets (Part 1A)

Lists annually about 16,000 registrations for books and selected pamphlets, of which some 45 percent were first published abroad. Alphabetical arrangement by author, with title index. Numbers for 1951 and later include indexing of claimants. $3.00.

Pamphlets, Serials, and Contributions to Periodicals (Part 1B)

Lists annually about 39,000 registrations. Alphabetical arrangement by author, claimant, and title. $3.00.

Periodicals (Part 2)

Lists annually about 55,000 registrations, under 4,000 titles, of periodicals and newspapers. Alphabetical arrangement by title. Contains supplementary list of new periodicals. $2.00.

Dramas and Works Prepared for Oral Delivery (Parts 3–4).

Lists annually about 5,000 registrations, approximately 70 percent of which are unpublished dramatic and dramatico-musical works. Alphabetical arrangement by author, except that radio and television programs are listed under title. Lectures, sermons, and addresses are also included in this Catalog. $2.00.

Published Music (Part 5A)

Lists annually about 16,000 registrations of published music, of which approximately one-half were published abroad. Alphabetical arrangement by composer or author, with title index, claimant index, and classified index. $3.00.

Unpublished Music (Part 5B)

Lists annually about 40,000 registrations of unpublished music. Alphabetical arrangement by title, with index names of authors and claimants. $3.00.

Renewal Registrations—Music (Part 5C, formerly Part 14B)

Lists annually about 8,500 renewal copyright registrations for musical compositions. Alphabetical arrangement by title. $2.00.

Maps and Atlases (Part 6)

Lists annually about 2,700 registrations for maps, atlases, and globes. Alphabetical arrangement under name of person or organization primarily responsible for the content of the map. Numbers for 1951 and later contain a subject and area index and a publishers’ directory with complete addresses. $1.00.

Works of Art, Reproductions of Works of Art, Scientific and Technical Drawings, Photographic Works, Prints and Pictorial Illustrations (Parts 7–11A)

Lists annually about 8,500 registrations. Alphabetical arrangement by author or title. $2.00.

Commercial Prints and Labels (Part 11B)

Lists annually about 12,000 registrations for prints and labels published in connection with the sale or advertisement of articles of merchandise and registered for copyright. Alphabetical arrangement by claimant. $2.00.

Motion Pictures and Filmstrips (Parts 12–13)

Lists annually about 2,500 registrations for filmstrips and theatrical and nontheatrical motion pictures. Alphabetical arrangement by title, with a classified list arranged under headings which indicate the general nature or intended use of the films, a subject index for nontheatrical films, and an index of claimants, producing companies, sponsors, and authors. $1.00.

Renewal Registrations—Literature, Art, Film (Part 14A)

Available for 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950. Renewal registrations for 1951 and later are listed with their respective classes, except music renewals which are listed in Part 5C, described above. $1.00.

Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916. 2 vols. 1918.

Includes all titles for dramatic works registered from July 21, 1870, to December 31, 1916, inclusive; upwards to 60,000 titles. Alphabetical arrangement by title, with index of claimants, authors, editors, etc. $4.00.

Motion Pictures, 1894–1912. 1953.

Lists about 6,000 works registered as photographs in the Copyright Office and identified as motion pictures by Mr. Howard L. Walls, Curator of the Motion Picture Collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Alphabetical arrangement by title, with an index to claimants. $2.00.

Motion Pictures, 1912–1939. 1951. $18.00.

Motion Pictures, 1940–1949. 1953. $10.00.

These two volumes belong to the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Cumulative Series. They list approximately 70,000 motion pictures registered in the Copyright Office from August 24, 1912 to December 31, 1949. Alphabetical arrangement of each volume is by title, with an index to authors, claimants, and producing and distributing companies, and a list of series titles.

Regulations of the Copyright Office. A reprint of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 37, Chapter II. Free.

The Copyright Office of the United States. 1952. A general description of the organization and functions of the Copyright Office. Free.

The following publications may be ordered from the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D. C., or from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C.

Copyright in Congress, 1789–1904. A bibliography and chronological record of all proceedings in Congress in relation to copyright. (Bulletin 8) 468 p. 1905. Cloth, 65 cents.

Copyright Law of the United States of America. (Bulletin 14), 1953 edition. 20 cents.

Decisions of the United States Courts Involving Copyright.