THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER by Bierce, Ambrose and Danziger, Gustav Adolph - 1892

Jonathan Cape, 1927. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1927. First edition thus. 256 pages. Illustrated jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine. From the Traveller's Library series. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Clipped front endpaper. Pencil inscriptions to pre title page. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has some edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Jacket is rather rubbed and marked overall.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1967. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Michel Ciry. Fascinating Introduction to the back story here and to the life and work of Ambrose Bierce provided by Maurice Valency, with lovely full color illustrations by Michel Ciry, initials and heads and tails, too, this adaptation by Bierce of a classic German folktale has been translated from the original German by Gustav Adolf Danziger. Bound handsomely in brown heavy cloth, with black lettering stamped into spine. xiv [2], 3-80 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York:: Heritage Press, 1967.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: mustard color cloth (buckram); the top edge tint is similar to the color of the cloth; Near Fine condition, with a Very Good slipcase.. small 4to (10.5 inches tall) . Endpaper color matches the binding. Description: Watercolor illustrations by Michel Ciry. Decorative chapter caps. Introduction by Maurice Valency. Book design by Glenn Foss. This copy includes the publisher's insert, The Sandglass.

NY: Heritage Press, 1967. Book. Illus. by Michel Ciry. Near Fine. Hardcover. With an introduction by Maurice Valency. Hard cover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, no dj as issued. Sandglass laid in. Spine of book lightly sun faded, else fine. Priority and/or international shipping on this item will be extra and will be at actual shipping cost.

London: Cape, 1927. nice copy, in blue cloth of the Travellers' Library series. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus.. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.

Los Angeles, CA: Limited Editions Club, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 80 pages. Number 1338 from an edition of 1500 copies. Translated from the German of Richard Voss by Gustav Adolf Danzinger and adapted by Bierce. Features an introduction by Maurice Valency and illustrations by Michel Ciry. A very good copy in cloth boards with some bumping to the top corner of the text block in a very good chemise that has some spotting and near fine slipcase. Signed by Ciry on the limitation page.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Michel Ciry. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Easton Press Collector's Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear. Featuring moire endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, raised bands, all edges gilt, rich, brown, colorful leather covers, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Fascinating Introduction to the back story here and to the life and work of Ambrose Bierce, with lovely full color illustrations by Michel Ciry, initials and heads and tails, too, this adaptation by Bierce of a classic German folktale has been translated from the original German of Richard Voss by Gustav Adolf Danziger. Bound handsomely in brown heavy cloth, with black lettering stamped into spine. xiv [1], 3-80 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to… Read More

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Limited edition. Cloth. Fine. 1168/1500. Signed by illustrator. Clothbound in original protective stiff folder, both in slipcase. 4to, 80 pp., color plates. Slipcase a bit sunned with small nick at one corner.

1907. BIERCE, Ambrose and DANZIGER, G. A. The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter. Original pictorial cloth, T.e.g. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. First Neale edition. BAL 1125. Krick 35. Faint foxing to pastedowns and foredge, else near fine.

Chicago: F. J. Schulte & Company, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. The cloth edition, very good+ lacking a dust jacket. Brownish gray cloth is slightly darkened on spine and at edges, with a little wear in the cloth at the spine ends. Small tears in the cloth at both hinges, but the binding is tight and straight. According to Starrett (pages 35 - 37), who specifically addresses the priority of bindings and who was ".deeply into the question with Mr. Schulte, the publisher." this cloth binding is the third issue, with two bindings in wraps preceding this issue. However, very few of the wraps issues have survived. An attractive copy, with illustrations by Theodor Hampe.