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You should also avoid treating leather bindings with oil. I have a set of the world book encyclopedia, copy right. World book encyclopedia collection 1965 artifact collectors. This urge can be seen in the first gutenberg bible of 1455. Alibris is one of the premier rare and outofprint book sites on the internet. I have antique books, including books that are about 200 years old that are no more. The world book encyclopedia, 2017, is a general az lookup source in 22 hardcover volumes full of accurate and trustworthy facts. Old books are a charming link to the past, but quite a fragile one. My folks had an encyclopedia britannica from, oh, i cant even imagine how old it was.
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