File:Stout-FDL-2.jpg
Stout-FDL-2.jpg (269 × 370 pixels, file size: 19 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
| Description |
Front cover of the digest-size paperback book Meet Nero Wolfe (Fer-de-Lance) (A Mercury Book No. 37), an abridged edition of Fer-de-Lance (1934), a Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout that utilizes the title of the 1936 film based on the novel |
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| Source |
Self scan of book cover designed by George Salter for The American Mercury, Inc. |
| Date |
Not dated; likely to be close to 1938, the year Lawrence E. Spivak began publishing digest-size books |
| Author |
George Salter for The American Mercury, Inc. |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
Fair use of book cover to visually a notable edition of the subject of the article, the novel Fer-de-Lance; for informational purposes only
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Though this image is subject to copyright, I feel its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- This is an image created and uploaded for informational purposes only.
- The image is an accurate scan and includes all of the art created for the front cover
- This image is of much lower resolution than the original. It cannot be used for high-resolution printing, and any copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
- Use of this image in the Adaptations section of the article Fer-de-Lance adds significantly to the article because it visually identifies the first digest-book edition printing of the novel, published in abridged form by The American Mercury using the title Meet Nero Wolfe, the 1936 film based on the novel that is the subject of this section
- Use of this image in the article Fer-de-Lance article adds significantly to the article because it visually identifies a notable early digest paperback by a notable publisher, Lawrence E. Spivak, and it was designed by a legendary book designer, George Salter, at the beginning of his long association with The American Mercury
- The copyright owner's rights to reproduce the image are not limited in any way.
| Description |
First edition book cover of Meet Nero Wolfe (Fer-de-Lance) (Mercury Book No. 37), a digest paperback edition of the 1934 novel by Rex Stout |
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| Source |
Self scan of book cover designed by George Salter for The American Mercury, Inc. |
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| Portion used |
Image is not cropped |
| Low resolution? |
300 x 413 pixels at 72 ppi |
| Purpose of use |
Informational purposes only, for visual identification of the first digest paperback edition printing of the novel Fer-de-Lance (novel) |
| Replaceable? |
Not replaceable; there is no free version of this image. This is an original book jacket designed in the mid-1930s and the only image representing the first digest paperback release of this novel. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Fer-de-Lance (novel)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stout-FDL-2.jpgtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
 | This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers
qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. |
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| current | 07:43, 29 December 2017 | | 269 × 370 (19 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 18:09, 10 June 2008 | No thumbnail | 300 × 413 (154 KB) | WFinch (talk | contribs) |
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