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In the same year, the name western publishing company was adopted and common stock was issued with some eighty percent owned by management or employees. The book, published in 1961 at the dawn of the new frontier, was a roughly middleschool level. Saying no will not stop you from seeing etsy ads, but it may make them less relevant or more repetitive. The golden book encyclopedia by bertha morris parker. Advertisement for the science fiction book club 1970 also appeared as. A second printing was released in 1962 and a revised edition was printed in 1963.
Ages 11 nature and science books world book encyclopedia. Near fine unmarked, just a trace of wear to extremities, a bit of cracked glazing along spine. Around 1960 the press, now known as western publishing, gave him his largest commission to date illustrating gerald ames and rose wylers the giant golden book of biology. The giant golden book of biologyan introduction to the science of life by ames, gerald and rose wyler. By the age of ten, toms dad would drop him off at coin shows within driving range, picking him up.
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