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Vintage the golden book encyclopedia 16 volume set 1970 edition complete. The world book encyclopedia is an encyclopedia published in the united states. This collection includes a 1962 a through z 27 volume set, a set of yearbooks from 1963 to1969, a world atlas, and a pair of dictionaries. An encyclopedia takes up this and many other issues. How much is a set of 1970 world book encyclopedias worth. I dont even know where id put an encyclopedia set now, but as my kids now approach the age at which i remember reading encyclopedias, i keep wondering whether they. Make offer books x 18 set the new junior world encyclopedia 1974 vintage books 18 books. The world book was first published in 1917 and revised annually from 1925.
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