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9 1/2" (24 cm.) x 6". The twenty volume set, 1937 edition by the Grolier Society, is filled with historical information, trivia, scientific lore, and wonderful curiosities. The complete set was gifted to Shirley Temple for her tenth birthday by Irving Cummings, who enhanced the gift by writing a unique inscription within each volume, viz, "To Shirley. This is volume number one/I'm sure you'll find it lots of fun. Irving Cummings, April 23, 1938", and finally "Shirley - with love. Volume twenty is the key of splendid endeavor/To fill your young mind with fine things forever. Irving Cummings, April 23rd, 1938". Irving Cummings was the director of Shirley Temple's films, "Curly Top", "Poor Little Rich Girl", and in 1938, the year of this gift, "Little Miss Broadway" and "Just Around the Corner". The set of books is shown on the bottom bookcase shelf of the photograph on opposite page.