You are quite a character! You claim the book is owned by Newnes yet
you claim it was stolen from YOU. Your "facts" just do not add up.

If it was indeed copyright the owner would have removed it by now ( if
they even cared).

Very precisely.

Companies like Newnes guard their property very well. They have full
time infringement monitoring and attorneys on retainer in every
country in the world worth bothering with. Anyone doubting that need
only put up a scanned book that IS copyright and they will find out.

The book is a work for hire from a company that no longer exists in
any tangible form. Like most of the classic RCA and GE tube manuals
and educational materials published before about 1962-64 the copyright
was not renewed at the time and because of US law and laws elsewhere
is effectively out of copyright. Andre's opinions not withstanding are
irrelevant.

The fact that the book was reprinted is irrelevant. In fact, I
suspect Newnes never would have bothered reprinting it if it were
subject to copyright. It is very difficult for third parties to
license old books in most cases because tracking down everyone is a
hassle and because most publishing houses in New York refuse to talk
to anyone without a lot of money-they just can't be bothered.

Andre(w) is a liar, a mountebank, and a ****head. It's likely he
molests koala bears and craps in his neighbors' hydrangea bushes as
well, but this as yet unproven.