The Devil's Dictionary

by Ambrose Bierce (Author), RoyMorrisJr. (Contributor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  A satiric lexicon first published as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906, and later reissued under the author's preferred titled in 1911. Ambrose Bierce was one of the most celebrated reporters of his era and built his literary reputation partly on this work.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  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. Bierce's ironic definitions ring as true today as when they were first coined.

• New

  Paperback
  1999

  $17.40

  A satiric lexicon first published as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906, and later reissued under the author's preferred titled in 1911. Ambrose Bierce was one of the most celebrated reporters of his era and built his literary reputation partly on this work.