Can Such Things be
by BIERCE, Ambrose
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Washington: Neale Publishing Company, 1903. 2nd Edition. Cloth. VG/No Jacket. Octavo. Red cloth lettered in gilt and white with big question mark on front panel and spine with wear to edges .320 pages.Inscribed by Bierce to "T.T. Williams to whose powerful and friendly pen the author of this book is more indebted than he can say. Ambrose Bierce Washington D.C. June 27, 1903.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28514
- Title
- Can Such Things be
- Author
- BIERCE, Ambrose
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Neale Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1903
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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