The ''New Century Book of Facts'' was a single volume general reference work published in the United States from 1909 to 1964. The publication began as the ''Century Book of Facts'' in 1902 by the King-Richardson Company of

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and edited by Henry Walmar Ruoff. Further editions were published in 1905, 1906 and 1908. The ''Universal Manual of Ready Reference'', published in 1904 was basically the same work. The moniker ''New Century Book of Facts'' was adopted in 1909 and the book continued to be published by King-Richardson until 1926 when it was bought out by Continental Publishing Company of

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. It 1964 the publication was bought out by a New York firm with the intention of publishing a new completely revised edition. However, this did not materialized by the scheduled date of 1972 and the publication became defunct.Kennth F. Kister ''Best Encyclopedias'' 2nd ed. Phoenix, AZ; Orynx Press, 1994 p.312

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