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The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary with 851 Newly Discovered Words and Deinitions Added to the Previous Thousand-word Collection

The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary with 851 Newly Discovered Words and Deinitions Added to the Previous Thousand-word Collection | Rare and modern books | Bierce Ambrose, E.J. Hopkins Ed. , Pref. By John Myers Myers

Rare and modern books
Bierce Ambrose, E.J. Hopkins Ed. , Pref. By John Myers Myers
The Penguin American Library 1984 Reprint,
20.00 €
(Roma, Italy)

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  • Author
  • Bierce Ambrose, E.J. Hopkins Ed. , Pref. By John Myers Myers
  • Publishers
  • The Penguin American Library 1984 Reprint
  • Binding description
  • S
  • Dust jacket
  • False
  • State of preservation
  • Good
  • Binding
  • Softcover
  • Inscribed
  • False
  • First edition
  • False

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16mo, br. ed. 326pp. An incomparable satirist, Ambrose Bierce became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H.L.Mencken, and nowhere are his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody more in evidence than in this "dictionary". An incomparable satirist, the author became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H L Mencken. This dictionary presents his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody.

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