How to prevent duplicates from being imported?

Apologies if this question has been asked before, but I can't find exactly the answer I'm looking for in the archives.
I want to import an older version of my iPhoto Library into my current iPhoto Library. Since each library contains photos that the other lacks, I want to merge the two; but I can't find any way to tell iPhoto not to import duplicates (there may be 1000's) from the older version of the library to the newer. Can anybody help?

First, *do not import one library into another.* You will get as original files all thumbnails, modified photos, faces photo as well as the original photos.
If your newer library is a blank library then all you need to do is open the older library with iPhoto 09 and it will convert it to an iPhoto 09 library. Nothing else needed.
If the new library also has photos and you want to merge the two libraries into one (both must be the same version) use iPhoto Library Manager. This will merge the who libraries into a new 3rd library while keeping all metadata, faces, places, keywords and albums. iPLM can be setup to not import duplicates.
If you just want to import selected Events or albums from one library into the other iPLM can do that also.
Happy New Year

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