{"product_id":"the-devils-dictionary-dover-thrift-editions-literary-collections","title":"The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift Editions: Literary Collections)","description":"Born in Ohio in 1842, journalist, short-story writer and critic Ambrose Bierce developed into one of this country's most celebrated and cynical wits — a merciless \"American Swift\" whose literary barbs were aimed at folly, self-delusion, politics, business, religion, literature and the arts. In this splendid \"dictionary\" of epigrams, essays, verses and vignettes, you'll find over 1,000 pointed definitions, e.g. Congratulation (\"The civility of envy\"), Coward (\"One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs\") and Historian (\"A broad-gauge gossip\"). Anyone who likes to laugh will love The Devil's Dictionary. Anyone looking for a bon mot to enliven their next speech, paper or conversation will have a field day thumbing through what H. L. Mencken called \"some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0486275426\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0486275426.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ambrose Bierce\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42855594524733,"sku":"BVV.0486275426.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0486275426-0.jpg?v=1766955549","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-devils-dictionary-dover-thrift-editions-literary-collections","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}