My parents bought a New Standard for me in about 1960; it was published in 1945. Used it a few times. We continued purchasing the annual updates for about 40 years.
In 1966 my mom started buying the Funk and Wagnals in the grocery store. One volume a week. Took the set to recyling a few weeks ago. Still subscribe to the annual update (starting in 1962)
When I was around 12 the local Piggly Wiggly started selling Funk and Wagnals. I bought the first volume for a quarter. That is the only one I got. I didn’t know they weren’t all a quarter.