Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G+ Wear to spine (silverfished, with scuffing and rubbing); slight rubbing and browning to covers (cloth; chiefly to edges and corners); slight starting to inner hinges (at front, at spine edges); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. 329 pages. Probable later issue of the reprinting of BAL #15113 (with original copyright date of 1894 on title page verso, and the original preface by both author and illustrator). Fairly tight reading copy; sold 'as is'.Opper, F. (illustrator); About 100 b/w Illustrations (including Title page).

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Bookseller: Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: L075489
Title: Bill Nye's History of the United States
Author: Nye, Bill
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: WHAR.550 Fiction Nye, Bill American Literature 19th Century American Fiction Comic Humor Satire United States History Nye, Edgar Wilson QX91, , , , , ,

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