Usòrò:Portrait photograph of Tom Feelings and Maya Angelou by Ted Pontiflet from the 1987 first-edition dust jacket of Now Sheba Sings the Song.jpg

NkówáPortrait photograph of Tom Feelings and Maya Angelou by Ted Pontiflet from the 1987 first-edition dust jacket of Now Sheba Sings the Song.jpg	English: First-edition back flap of Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987)
Ǹgụ́ụ̀bọ̀chị̀	Published 1987
Mkpọlọ́gwụ̀	archive.org Proof of lack of copyright notice archive.org (shows all of dust jacket except spine) eBay: (shows all of dust jacket including spine) image 1 image 2 (spine) image 3 image 4 image 5 image 6 image 7 image 8 image 9 image 10 image 11 image 12 image 13 image 14 image 15 image 16 image 17 image 18 image 19 image 20
Odé ákwụ́kwọ́	Jacket design by Jane Byers Bierhorst Photo by Ted Pontiflet
Nke ya ozor	This file has been extracted from another file : Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987) back flap, 1987 first edition.jpg

As shown in the archive.org and eBay links above, no copyright notices can be found on the dust jacket.

There are two copyright registrations for Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987), TX0002124052 / 1987-05-04, and VA0000270350 / 1987-05-04. However, none of them are for the dust jacket.

There are no copyright registrations under the name "Jane Byers Bierhorst", the person who designed the jacket.

There are no copyright registrations under the name "Ted Pontiflet", the person who took the photo.

Therefore the dust jacket is in the public domain in the US.

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