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Available from book depository, amazon and other book retailers. The texas book depository was sold to the city of dallas, who now uses the first five floors as administrative offices. Texas state depository libraries the following libraries were receiving publications from the texas state publication depository program until the operation of the program was severely curtailed in june 2011. A rifle and snipers perch were later found here, on the sixth floor. In 1972, ownership reverted to byrd, and the building was purchased in 1977 by the government of dallas county.
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