Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1943. Tower Books ed. 4th printing. Hardcover. Ends of spine bumped; bottom edge of boards chaffed; dust jacket is slightly sunned, edges rubbed and chipped at corners; vintage Woolworth's book store sticker to back pastedown; pages are clean and binding is tight. Long but hard-to-see closed tear to front of jacket. Near fine in about very good(-) to good(+) bright jacket.. Teal octavo in archival mylar wrap; 376 p. ; 21 cm. "This book is a collection of the witticisms of one of the most amazing and legendary figures in American Literature."

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Bookseller: Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 90870
Title: The Devil's Dictionary
Author: Bierce, Ambrose
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Ends of spine bumped; bottom edge of boards chaffed; dust jacket is slightly sunned, edges rubbed and chipped at corners; vintag
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Tower Books ed. 4th printing
Publisher: The World Publishing Company
Place of Publication: Cleveland
Date Published: 1943
Bookseller catalogs: Humor;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...