How to Lie with Statistics
by Darrell Huff
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1954. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Irving Geis. 1954 early edition (but not 1st edition -- which has to state as such on the copyright page) of this charming take on trickery and manipulation in statistics. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with typical fading along the spine, light soiling to the rear panel and one small chip along the front panel's top-edge. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated by Irving Geis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23061
- Title
- How to Lie with Statistics
- Author
- Darrell Huff
- Illustrator
- Irving Geis
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- rare statistics, rare humor, humor in math, rare mathematics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mathematics;
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About the Seller
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Fine
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