Forty Liars, and Other Lies
by Bill Nye
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Blue diagonal-fine-rib-grain cloth over boards, gilt & black stamping on front and spine (scrolls & letters); no decoration on back; endpapers printed with pale red-orange floral pattern. Lightly scuffed; some age darkening/faint soiling on covers; rubbed at spine ends, few small splits; tightly bound; clean interior with some age darkening at page edges. This is the "extended edition" with 16 pieces not included in first edition; BAL #15074. Illustrations by Livingston "Hop" Hopkins. Later printing. 12mo, 301 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13851
- Title
- Forty Liars, and Other Lies
- Author
- Bill Nye
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co.
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- WYOMING, WESTERN, HUMOR, HUMOUR, RURAL, SMALL TOWN, WRITERS, AUTHORS, MEWSPAPERS, OPINION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature, Humor, Essays;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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