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Forty Liars, and Other Lies
de Nye, Edgar Wilson [aka Bill Nye]
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Publisher's original brick cloth, spine and front cover decorated and lettered in gilt & black, near fine, IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL
- Librería
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New York, New York, United States
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Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co.; St. Louis: Belford & Clarke Publishing Co, 1882. Second Extended Edition, with 16 pieces not in the first edition of the same year. Illustrations. 301pp. 8vo. Publisher's original brick cloth, spine and front cover decorated and lettered in gilt & black, near fine, IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST JACKET, with some wear and loss. Second Extended Edition, with 16 pieces not in the first edition of the same year. Illustrations. 301pp. 8vo. IN PICTORIAL DJ. Nye (1850-1896)) moved to Laramie City, Wyoming Territory in 1876, serving as a justice of the peace. In 1881 he founded the newspaper the Laramie Boomerang, which he edited from 1881 to 1884, and forged a reputation for his stories of frontier humor. His first collection of humorous tales was published as Bill Nye and Boomerang (1881), with the present Forty Liars and other Lies (1882) following.
Nineteenth century pictorial dust jackets are very scarce. The upper panel depicts a farmer leading a column of hogs, repeating the illustration on page. 13; the rear panel is an advertisement for the Laramie Boomerang. BAL 15074; Flake 5962; Wright III, 4010 (both overlooking this extended edition); not in Tanselle
Nineteenth century pictorial dust jackets are very scarce. The upper panel depicts a farmer leading a column of hogs, repeating the illustration on page. 13; the rear panel is an advertisement for the Laramie Boomerang. BAL 15074; Flake 5962; Wright III, 4010 (both overlooking this extended edition); not in Tanselle
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- Librería
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 333554
- Título
- Forty Liars, and Other Lies
- Autor
- Nye, Edgar Wilson [aka Bill Nye]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Illustrations. 301pp. 8vo
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Publisher's original brick cloth, spine and front cover decorated and lettered in gilt & black, near fine, IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Second Extended Edition, with 16 pieces not in the first edition
- Editorial
- Belford, Clarke & Co.; St. Louis: Belford & Clarke Publishing Co
- Lugar de publicación
- Chicago
- Fecha de publicación
- 1882
- Palabras clave
- Dust Jackets | American | Wyoming | Western
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Americana; Literature; Sets & Fine Bindings;
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