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The Albums are not for sale. They are offered by the booksellers to customers who purchase three books from the collection. They tend to be distributed very quickly and immediately become collectors' items. Because of this, the most popular books of the collection such as, among others,
93:(1962) can only be obtained on reselling markets at high prices (often found around $ 200–$ 300). The older (1960s-1970s) books are also often high priced due to their rarity, even if the author is less popular. The oldest,
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Each album is richly illustrated and focusses on iconography, with an accompanying bibliographical text by a renowned specialist of the selected author. It is produced in the same format,
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Although the 1960 dictionary and the 1961 record and booklet are forerunners, the series was formally started only in 1962, the Balzac album being counted as No. 1 by
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