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Fantastic Fables
by BIERCE, Ambrose
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. First Edition, first impression, second issue with the ads headed 'New Fiction'. Original illustrated cloth and mostly printed dustjacket. Bierce's take on politicians, businessmen, and religious leaders. Very scarce in dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, half inch of loss at top spine end, closed tear below, couple of small chips at lower edge, half dollar sized light stain at lower front panel.
Synopsis
A Moral Principle met a Material Interest on a bridge wide enough for but one.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37729
- Title
- Fantastic Fables
- Author
- BIERCE, Ambrose
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00
Terms of Sale
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Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
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East Woodstock, Connecticut
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About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- G
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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