''10 Eventful Years'' is the title of the 1947 ''

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'' compilation, spanning ten years, 1937 through 1946. The books were commissioned and edited by

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, the editor of the ''

'' and were partly based on the Encyclopedia's annual ''Year Book.'' It was published by E.B. Inc (based in Chicago, London & Toronto) and the

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in 1947, and consists of four volumes spanning the whole 10 years and covering topics into the usual A-Z format. The book is a combination of text and black-and-white photographs, with a colour image at the beginning of each book.

Contents of Volumes 1-2-3-4

*Abbreviations to Conant (Pages 836) *Concentration Camps to Ley (Pages 862) *Liberalism to Scrap (Pages 862) *Sculpture to Zoology (Pages 800 + index of 62 pages)

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