DescriptionThe Hidden Staircase (1930) dust jacket, 1939B-29 printing.jpg	English: The Hidden Staircase (1930) dust jacket, 1939B-29 printing
Date	1939
Source	AbeBooks (direct link)
Author	Cover art by Russell H. Tandy
Other versions	This file has an extracted image: The Hidden Staircase (1930) front cover, printing 1939B-29.jpg.

The back flap of the dust jacket is not shown in its entirety, so the lack of a copyright notice is not certain. However, at least three different dust jackets featuring the same cover art are known to be published without a copyright notice.

• Etsy (dust jacket)
• eBay (front cover, back cover and spine, front and back flaps)
• eBay (dust jacket)

Thus it is reasonable to assume that this dust jacket is published without a copyright notice.

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