Notes on Nevins & Commager's
A Short History of the United States

This title came out in four editions: 1945, 1951, 1956, and 1969. Each subsequent edition updated events, adding and changing chapters as appropriate.


First copyright page text:     First Modern Library Edition

First binding style:     8

First inverse DJ number:     304

Dates in print:     1945 - 1951 ((1st edition with 511 pages & index)
                              1951 - 1956 (532 pages & index)
                              1956 - 1969 ("new enlarged edition")
                              1969 - 1975 ("2nd revised edition")

Toledano number:     235.1 (1st edition with 511 pages & index)
                                     235.2 (532 pages & index)
                                     235.3 ("new enlarged edition")
                                     235.4 ("2nd revised edition")

GT42

Confirmed buckram sighting?       yes (New Enlarged Edition of 1956)      


Intro author:     Preface by the title authors

Genre:     History

Original language:      English


Thanks to the contributors:

Henry Toledano

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