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The book of knowledge was an encyclopedia aimed at juveniles first published in 1912, by the grolier society originally largely a reprint of the british childrens encyclopaedia with revisions related to the united states by holland thompson, over time the encyclopedia evolved into a new entity entirely. Firewalls, such as zonealarm, may also trigger a prompt for a password. This is a guide about finding the value of groliers book of knowledge encyclopedias. Grolier encyclopedia of knowledge volumes 120 complete set. Grolier online features a wide range of primary sources. In 1985 grolier published the textonly knowledge disc. Based on the academic american encyclopedia 1984 edition, it comprised 30,000 entries and 9 million words. The book of knowledge project gutenberg selfpublishing. This is a complete set and is in very good condition. Grolier also publishes the encyclopedia americana, the secondlargest encyclopedia in english. Formatbinding hard back book condition used very good quantity available 1 edition 120 volumes binding hardcover publisher the grolier society limited place of publication new york date published 1963 keywords childrens encyclopedia. Science in the childrens encyclopedia and its appropriation in the. Grolier multimedia encyclopedia project gutenberg self.
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