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[BIERCE, AMBROSE.] The Fiend's Delight. By Dod Grile [pseud.]. 1873
[BIERCE, AMBROSE.] The Fiend's Delight. By Dod Grile [pseud.]. 12mo, brown cloth decoratively stamped in blind and gold, with gilt lettering and satyr figure on front cover and spine, spine ends and tips rubbed, otherwise quite bright; front hinge partially cracked; custom cloth chemise and 1/4 morocco gilt slipcase; early bookseller's description on front endpaper verso. London: John Camden Hotten, [1873]
- Notes: first edition of bierce''s first book, inscribed to author charles warren stoddard in the year of publication. This issue preceded the American edition. Bierce had just married a San Francisco socialite and her parents sent the couple to London. He remained there for several years, publishing three of his early works. Stoddard was in London as part of a tour of the continent at the time of this inscription.
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