- Publisher: W. H. Colyer Publisher Record # 65906
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Note: New-York: W. H. Colyer, 104 Beekman Street. --1839 title page (viewed at HathiTrust) This publisher is not identified at the Library of Congress (no LCCN assigned). 1839 author Captain Marryat sued for an injunction against Colyer's ("Collier's" in US newspapers) cheap edition of The Phantom Ship. Marryat had sold the copyright to Carey & Hart of Philadelphia, who published a more expensive edition. The court ruled Marryat a non-resident, and thus his work not eligible for copyright protection. --from multiple items in early 1839 US newspapers (edition prices not found)
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