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- ↑ The third "The Decisive Battles" volume had already received its ISBN 0783557272, but did not get the opportunity to become released.
- ↑ OCLC 32471881; puzzlingly, the individual tapes themselves carried a "Time Life Books, Inc." copyright.
- ↑ "Voices of the Civil War audio tape". WorldCat.org.; Time Life reinforced the book series pedigree by having each tape endowed with its own individual ISBN.
- ↑ November 1985 TV commercial on YouTube; 1986 TV commercial on YouTube; 1989 TV commercial on YouTube; 1990 TV commercial on YouTube; 1991 TV commercial on YouTube; 1991 TV commercial on YouTube
- ↑ Hatch, Denny. "The Rise and Fall of Time-Life Books". TheFreeLibrary.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.; Hatch, Denny. "The Rise and Fall of Time Life Books". Target Marketing. Retrieved 2019-04-02.