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I have a complete set of 1958 world book encyclopedias. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. A recent search for encyclopedia set yielded a couple of hundred hits. The world book encyclopedia, volume 5 of 19, e 1937 edition by field enterprises. Dec 14, 1988 there are four major encyclopedia publishers in the united states.
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