The Cynic's Word Book by Bierce, Ambrose - 1906

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First edition, BAL state B (no priority). [vi], 233, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original olive cloth stamped in orange and black. Faintest rubbing to spine ends, a near fine copy. First edition, BAL state B (no priority). [vi], 233, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of a work (comprising definitions for A through L) that later gained fame as The Devil's Dictionary (a complete alphabet was published in 1911 as volume VII of the Collected Works).
Bierce's dark and mordant wit at its nimblest. BAL 1124