Bound by the H. Wolff Company, New York

Third Series (PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 7, 1924)
First Edition 40,000 copies
Second Edition 25,000 copies
Total Third Series To-date 65,000 copies
Second Series (PUBLISHED AUGUST 10, 1924)
First Edition 10,000 copies
Second Edition 10,000 copies
Third Edition 15,000 copies
Fourth Edition 25,000 copies
Fifth Edition 25,000 copies
Sixth Edition 25,000 copies
Seventh Edition 25,000 copies
Total Second Series To-date 135,000 copies
First Series (PUBLISHED APRIL 18, 1924)
First Edition 3,600 copies
Second Edition 3,600 copies
Third Edition 5,000 copies
Fourth Edition 5,000 copies
Fifth Edition 6,000 copies
Sixth Edition 10,000 copies
Seventh Edition 15,000 copies
Eighth Edition 25,000 copies
Ninth Edition 25,000 copies
Tenth Edition 25,000 copies
Eleventh Edition 25,000 copies
Total First Series To-date 148,200 copies
TOTAL TO-DATE 348,200 copies

Copyright, 1924, and All Rights Reserved by
SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC.
THE PLAZA PUBLISHING COMPANY
37 West 57th Street
New York, N. Y.

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Acknowledgement

The publishers and editors of the Cross Word Puzzle Books wish to record the debt of all Cross Word fans to The New York World for its pioneer work in the field. Cross Word Puzzles have been run in the Sunday World for over twenty years and their present nation-wide vogue had its origin in and received its greatest impetus from the Puzzle Page of the Sunday World Magazine. The fifty cross word puzzles in this book are all entirely new and have never been printed before in any publication.

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Official Endorsement

The original Cross Word Puzzle Books, published by Simon and Schuster, are the only ones officially endorsed by the Amateur Cross Word Puzzle League of America and edited in conformity with the rules of cross word puzzle construction promulgated by the League and printed on page 9 of this book. [[1]]

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