The Devil's Dictionary (Thrift Editions)

by Ambrose Bierce (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $4.16

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.28

  Initially a weekly feature in an American newspaper in 1881, The Devil's Dictionary was continued with some intervals until 1906, when it was first published as The Cynic's Word Book . Typical entries include: 'fly', a monster of the air owing allegiance to Beelzebub; 'kill', to create a vacacy without nominating a successor; and 'rhubarb', vegetable essence of stomach ache. A humorous perspective of the English language at the turn of the 20th century, the book has a new introduction to give a modern view of the book and its importance in literature.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $12.95

• New

  Paperback
  1993

  $9.10