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The Devil's Dictionary
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Hardcover
With Ambrose Bierce |
from Nuvision Pubns (February 28, 2009); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781595475381 | details & prices | 202 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $32.99
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: "The Devil's Dictionary" was begun in a weekly paper in 1881.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: "The Devil's Dictionary" was begun in a weekly paper in 1881.
With Ambrose Bierce |
Facsimile edition from Wildside Pr (June 30, 2008); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781434473714 | details & prices | 376 pages | List price $29.95
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: "The Devil's Dictionary," by Ambrose Bierce, is a satirical book first published in 1911.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: "The Devil's Dictionary," by Ambrose Bierce, is a satirical book first published in 1911.
Large print edition from Echo Library (January 31, 2007); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781847027917 | details & prices | 416 pages | List price $38.90
About: This large print title is set in Tiresias 16pt font as recommended by the RNIB.
About: This large print title is set in Tiresias 16pt font as recommended by the RNIB.
from Echo Library (January 31, 2007); titled "The Devils Dictionary"
9781406822755 | details & prices | 228 pages | List price $33.90
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
from Alan Rodgers Books (August 30, 2006); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781598186550 | details & prices | 222 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $26.95
About: The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work.
About: The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work.
With Ralph Steadman |
1 edition from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (December 1, 2003); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781582343808 | details & prices | 192 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.95
About: A 'dictionary' of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists includes cynical epigrams, maxims, essays, and verses that illustrate the irreverent humor of the nineteenth-century satirist as he lampoons cherished American traditions.
About: A 'dictionary' of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists includes cynical epigrams, maxims, essays, and verses that illustrate the irreverent humor of the nineteenth-century satirist as he lampoons cherished American traditions.
With Ambrose Bierce |
New edition from Bloomsbury Pub Ltd (November 3, 2003); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780747569671 | details & prices | 192 pages | List price $17.80
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: A dictionary.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: A dictionary.
from Oxford Univ Pr on Demand (January 7, 1999); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780195126266 | details & prices | 219 pages | 5.75 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $74.00
About: A collection of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists
About: A collection of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists
from Buccaneer Books (June 1, 1993); titled "Devils Dictionary"
9780899684789 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $22.95
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
from Reprint Services Corp (November 1, 1989); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780685447284 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $79.00
About: The Devil's Dictionary_ was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
About: The Devil's Dictionary_ was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
from Reprint Services Corp (November 1, 1989); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780781219662 | details & prices | 6.50 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $79.00
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
from Peter Smith Pub Inc (June 1, 1979); titled "Devil's Dictionary"
9780844604923 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $17.00
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
from Aeonian Pr (June 1, 1940); titled "Devil's Dictionary"
9780891901860 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $27.95
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
Paperback
With Ambrose Bierce |
Unabridged edition from Dover Pubns (May 19, 2011); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780486482248 | details & prices | 339 pages | 5.50 × 5.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $12.95
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: "Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: "Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law.
With Ambrose Bierce |
from Createspace (October 1, 2009); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781438278179 | details & prices | 230 pages | List price $15.95
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.
With Ambrose Bierce |
from Cosimo Inc (August 31, 2009); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781605206554 | details & prices | 148 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $7.99
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: American satirist AMBROSE GWINNETT BIERCE (1842-c.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: American satirist AMBROSE GWINNETT BIERCE (1842-c.
With Ambrose Bierce |
Facsimile edition from Wildside Pr (June 30, 2008); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781434473721 | details & prices | 376 pages | 5.25 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $14.95
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: "The Devil's Dictionary," by Ambrose Bierce, is a satirical book first published in 1911.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: "The Devil's Dictionary," by Ambrose Bierce, is a satirical book first published in 1911.
With Ambrose Bierce |
from Lightning Source Inc (October 31, 2007); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781434603692 | details & prices | 234 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $25.75
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: The Devil’s Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881- and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: The Devil’s Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881- and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
With Ambrose Bierce |
Large print edition from Lightning Source Inc (October 31, 2007); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781434604422 | details & prices | 272 pages | List price $27.75
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: The Devil’s Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881- and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: The Devil’s Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881- and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
from Nuvision Pubns (January 30, 2007); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781595479402 | details & prices | 204 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.99
With Ambrose Bierce |
from Digireads.Com (January 30, 2007); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781420930047 | details & prices | 169 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $6.99
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: Ambrose Bierce's great satirical work, "The Devil's Dictionary" is not a real dictionary, but rather a lampoon of the English language.
This edition also contains The Devil's Dictionary
About: Ambrose Bierce's great satirical work, "The Devil's Dictionary" is not a real dictionary, but rather a lampoon of the English language.
from Alan Rodgers Books (September 30, 2006); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781598189926 | details & prices | 228 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $14.95
About: The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work.
About: The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work.
from Filiquarian Pub Llc (May 30, 2006); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781599869766 | details & prices | 284 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.94 lbs | List price $7.99
About: The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
About: The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
Large print edition from Echo Library (December 31, 2005); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781846371288 | details & prices | 416 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $24.90
About: This classic large print title is printed in 16 point Tiresias font as recommended by the Royal National Institute for the Blind
About: This classic large print title is printed in 16 point Tiresias font as recommended by the Royal National Institute for the Blind
from Dodo Pr (October 31, 2005); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781406500066 | details & prices | 204 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $17.99
About: Large Format for easy reading.
About: Large Format for easy reading.
from Echo Library (January 30, 2005); titled "The Devils Dictionary"
9781846377389 | details & prices | 228 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $12.90
About: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio, USA - date of death uncertain, possibly December 1913 or early 1914, presumably in Mexico) was an American satirist, critic, poet, short story writer, editor, and journalist
About: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio, USA - date of death uncertain, possibly December 1913 or early 1914, presumably in Mexico) was an American satirist, critic, poet, short story writer, editor, and journalist
from Kessinger Pub Co (June 17, 2004); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781419159114 | details & prices | 228 pages | 7.25 × 9.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.
About: A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.
from Kessinger Pub Co (January 1, 2003); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780766135314 | details & prices | 376 pages | 8.25 × 10.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $33.95
About: The most famous dictionary after the OED and Webster's.
About: The most famous dictionary after the OED and Webster's.
from Book Tree (February 1, 2000); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781585090167 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $12.95
About: History, n.
About: History, n.
With Roy Morris (other contributor) |
from Oxford Univ Pr (January 7, 1999); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780195126273 | details & prices | 219 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $17.95
About: A collection of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists
About: A collection of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists
from Wordsworth Editions Ltd (July 1, 1998); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9781853263644 | details & prices | 254 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $5.95
About: Originally entitled "The Cynic's Word Book", this justly infamous volume was re-titled "The Devil's Dictionary" in 1911 and addressed to 'enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to humour, and clean English to slang.
About: Originally entitled "The Cynic's Word Book", this justly infamous volume was re-titled "The Devil's Dictionary" in 1911 and addressed to 'enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to humour, and clean English to slang.
Reprint edition from Dover Pubns (May 20, 1993); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780486275420 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.25 × 0.25 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $3.50
About: A collection of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists.
About: A collection of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists.
Reprint edition from Dell Pub Co (April 1, 1991); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780440208532 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $5.99
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
About: These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
from Berkley Pub Group (January 1, 1991); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780425125236 | details & prices | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | List price $3.95
About: Cynical definitions, maxims, and verses illustrate the irreverent humor of the nineteenth-century satirist as he lampoons cherished American traditions
About: Cynical definitions, maxims, and verses illustrate the irreverent humor of the nineteenth-century satirist as he lampoons cherished American traditions
from Dover Pubns (June 1, 1971); titled "The Devil's Dictionary"
9780486204871 | details & prices | List price $3.95
About: Cynical definitions, maxims and verse illustrate the irreverent humor of this nineteenth-century satirist as he lampoons cherished American traditions
About: Cynical definitions, maxims and verse illustrate the irreverent humor of this nineteenth-century satirist as he lampoons cherished American traditions