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However, i strongly suspect that the seller is taking the piss and that no one will ever pay that much. Id like to replace the 1951 britannica set we lost to water damage, along with the bookcase that came with it, but i would only take it off someones. The world book encyclopedia is the only general az print research source still published today. I have a 1960 set of world book encyclopedias plus large two. Encyclopedia of world history 7 volumes set facts on.
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