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I've seen quite a number of vintage books from US publishers which have the "centre" oddity, and a few other words as well. I think many of those books were from a British author (and originally published in UK), and I wonder if the publisher wanted to keep the British flavor??? "Trans-Atlantic", so to speak. Likewise, American author's books from UK publishers seem to have sometimes replaced at least part of the American spelling.
When I have done up any of those kind, I tend to use the AUTHOR'S native spelling, rather than following the book scan if I can't find a UK edition. Again, the purists are probably fuming and spitting green pea soup, but I still sleep well at night...
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