Author: [Bierce, Ambrose] Grile, Dod, pseud.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
[6], 215, [1] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by the Dalziel Brothers. 6¾x4¾, publisher's decorative orange-brown cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt & black. First Edition.
Author's fourth book. Fables and stories collected in the British periodical "Fun." Satirical wood engravings for Bierce's dark fairy tales with reoccurring themes of revenge and death. BAL 1100. With "Tufts" bookplate.
Publisher Name:Routledge
Date Published:1874
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
[6], 215, [1] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by the Dalziel Brothers. 6¾x4¾, publisher's decorative orange-brown cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt & black. First Edition.
Author's fourth book. Fables and stories collected in the British periodical "Fun." Satirical wood engravings for Bierce's dark fairy tales with reoccurring themes of revenge and death. BAL 1100. With "Tufts" bookplate.
Publisher Name:Routledge
Date Published:1874
Condition report
Mild rubbing and shelf wear, leaning a bit; front hinge tender, light foxing; else very good or better.
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Fine Modern Literature
1:00 PM PT - May 24th, 2007
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PBA Galleries
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San Francisco, CA 94108
San Francisco, CA 94108
