The Shorter Devil’s Dictionary
by BIERCE, AMBROSE:
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Belfast. Appletree Press. 1998 1st thus.. 5.0 x 7.0 inches. In illustrated hard card covers with matching dustwrapper. Decorated endpapers. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper. (d/w. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 73 pp. Selection from Ambrose Bierce’s celebrated comic masterpiece, the Devil’s Dictionary, where words are given their true meaning.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86201
- Title
- The Shorter Devil’s Dictionary
- Author
- BIERCE, AMBROSE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Belfast. Appletree Press. 1998 1st thus.
- Keywords
- Literature ambrose birce, devil, dictionary, humour, comic, words, meanings, dustwrapper,
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Dustwrapper
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 1st Thus
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