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So according to this, the level of restoration involved was enough to satisfy the Copyright Office that this was "new work", one of the many categories RAH listed. Interesting.

Have a gander at this: https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38b.pdf

I stand by my belief that the copyright notice is a renewal, given that the second date [in Roman numerals] that appears on the copyright line is 1996. This was before the sweeping changes to copyright law that occurred leading up to 2000.

I think what you're seeing here is a copyright renewal, which can happen after 25 years. Note the interval.

Not yet, but I'd fully expect one to pop up in a month or so.