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Are they truly Scofield Reference Bibles, or not? Are they truly King James Bibles, or not?}
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"Scofield lll" above, it is King James, no changes to the text of the 1917 Scofield version, 1769 Oxford.
It has all of Scofields original notes, and his complete study system (unchanged). In addition it also has some of the notes from the 1967 version, which are not Scofields, and a lot of extra but somewhat handy information along on the pages, in the form of text boxes. So you could not call it a true Scofield, but it is a true KJV.
Even the "Old Scofield" reprints you can find now, since none have been printed since 2003, and are out of print. Have some of the 1967 cross reference links, on the page center coulombs. But other than that the Bibles are exact copies of Scofields 1917 final edition. (his exact page layout unique in Ezekiel, and complete study system)
It is extremely hard to find any Bible today, that the printers could resist adding something modern to. Even the Cambridge Bibles, have been modernized.
They probably do this, so they can charge 50 to 60 dollars for them. Because the KJV is public domain, and cannot be charged for. But if you add some additional information, you can charge for that.
The best way I know is to buy a really cheap KJV pew Bible ($5.00), they will have no notes or any cross references, just the Oxford text (hopefully) check it to be sure. The $5.00 is to cover the cost of printing.