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Grolier society, published by grolier societ, 1953. The grolier society the book of knowledge complete 20. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. This collection features seventeen of the eighteen total volumes published in 1920. Publication date 1959 topics science, technology, natural history publisher new york. Communism from grolier s the new book of knowledge.
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Complete set 1952 book of knowledgethe childrens encyclopedia. By year 2000, grolier became part of scholastic corporation that maintains grolier online. Unfollow grolier encyclopedia to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The story of our time, 1955, encyclopedia year book grolier society and the richards company on. We offer free shipping in the contiguous 48 us states. The book of knowledge, volume 11 arthur mee full view 1911. A history of all nations from the earliest times to. The society was named after the grolier club, which had been founded in 1884 to advance the arts involved in making books and which. Based on recent market values your 1921 set of the grolier societys book of history would have a retail value between 400600 dollars in its entirety. The book of history a history of all nations from the earliest times to the present volume v the near east the hebrew peoples, persia, arabia, asia minor, heroic age of islam, egypt, v the near east on.
Based on current market research your 1943 edition of the book of knowledge would have a fair market or resale value between 48 dollars per book based on the overall condition. The book of knowledge annual set collection 1957 1960. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. If the product is intended for more than one child, please use comma, to separate the ages. Some old books may be rare and have great value, others may be more difficult to place a value on.
The poetbookseller arthur freeman negotiated the sale. Grolierii et amicorum, suggested his generosity in sharing books. I have a complete set of grolier book of history from 1921. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. In 1990, the grolier book shop became the grolier poetry book shop, inc. The grolier book shop was founded in september 1927 by adrian gambet and gordon cairnie. Named after jean grolier, a designer and collector of french renaissance books, the society produced deluxe editions and memoirs in elegant bindings and sold them on a subscription basis. This same year saw the cosponsorship of the grolier poetry prize with the blacksmith house poetry reading series. Mar, 2015 this is a guide about finding the value of grolier s book of knowledge encyclopedias.
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