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Sale 261: 19th & 20th Century Literature (#261) 04/08/2003 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/08/2003 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #16 The Cynic's Word Book

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$150

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Title:

The Cynic's Word Book

Author:

Bierce, Ambrose

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Doubleday, Page

Date Published:

1906

Description:

vi, 234 pp. Frontispiece. 7¾x5¼, original green cloth decorated in colors, top edges gilt. First Edition.

BAL's state A, with printer's imprint not present on the title-page. Ownership signature of J.H. Nostrand on the front free endpaper. Provenance: From the library of William Augustus Brewer.

Condition:

Rubbing to spine ends and corners; hinge cracking at front endpapers, tear to p.[1] (secondary half-title), else very good or a bit better.

Item#:

130843
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