In a sense the zoo history books (Where The ......) were never in print! As I understand it, they were printed off as and when orders came in.
Not sure what tbe copyright status is, as self published works are not always copyrighted. Would his estate mind if the titles are not earning? Don't forget copyright laws work online by asking someone to remove content hosted. If no one with rights would object then it isn't illegal piracy in practice; ofc best to check first if possible, but as no money is made from out of print works...
I understand that the Bartlett Society is intending (with the full consent of Clin's family) to republish some of the books. I think that is the appropriate course of action. Incidentally, quite a bit of content in the later books was supplied by myself - while I was happy to consent to Clin using that material, I rather suspect that I still have intellectual property rights to that material. Funnily enough I'm meeting a former Head of the Government IPR Department this evening. If I remember, I'll ask him ... Seriously, I don't think anybody should be republishing this material without permission. Just out of respect.
A single book is in print; this is the posthumously released Ligers, Tigons and Other Hybrid Mammals: A Summation and Critical Appraisal of Mammalian Hybrids which - although written in the late 1990's - was not published until 2016. This book can be obtained through the Bartlett Society: Special publications - The Bartlett Society
This is great- Are there any other pages in the guide book? I’m trying to find out as much as I can about Coventry Zoo Park. Any info that anyone has about the zoo would be hugely appreciated
Don't believe all that Clin Keeling says or wrote. I took him to Coventry Zoo! Never remember chimps there. A macaw cage in the middle was in fact the "Antique Travelling Beast Cage" used in the circus as an old fashioned beast act! I saw young lions and leopards (seperate times) perform in it!
All the information I gathered is in this thread unfortunately, I didn't do proper research as it was just to help bring back memories.
If you visit the Bartlett Society publication page you will see you can now also get WHERE THE LION TROD by Clinton Keeling. As I understand it the plan is that all the Keeling books will be available eventually.
"Where the Lion Trod" was the first of Clin Keeling's books about "extinct" zoos to be republished by the Bartlett Society; the second volume to be republished will be "Where the Crane Danced". The current plan is for the Bartlett Society to republish all of Clin's books in the "Where the..." series. It isn't the intention to republish all of his books
