Author: Ambrose Bierce; A. J. A. Symons
Title: Ten Tales
Description: London, The First Edition Club, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from American writer Ambrose Bierce, signed by A. J. A. Symons in presentation to W. A. Foyle. First edition. Signed with an inscription by A. J. A. Symons to the front endpaper to William Alfred Westropp Foyle, a British bookseller and businessman who co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903. As one of the leading London booksellers of the twentieth century, when the brothers opened their first bookshop the business grew so rapidly that by the 1920s they held a stock of four million volumes. His bookplate is also inserted to the front pastedown. A collection of ten short stories, including: Moxon's Masters, A Baby Tramp, One Summer Night, The Damned Thing, and A Sole Survivor. Written by Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. With an introduction by Alphonse James Albert Symons, an English writer and bibliographer. From the library of Christopher Foyle, a British philanthropist and the chairman of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in London. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Ten Tales Bierce Symons Tales None
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Title: Ten Tales
Description: London, The First Edition Club, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from American writer Ambrose Bierce, signed by A. J. A. Symons in presentation to W. A. Foyle. First edition. Signed with an inscription by A. J. A. Symons to the front endpaper to William Alfred Westropp Foyle, a British bookseller and businessman who co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903. As one of the leading London booksellers of the twentieth century, when the brothers opened their first bookshop the business grew so rapidly that by the 1920s they held a stock of four million volumes. His bookplate is also inserted to the front pastedown. A collection of ten short stories, including: Moxon's Masters, A Baby Tramp, One Summer Night, The Damned Thing, and A Sole Survivor. Written by Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. With an introduction by Alphonse James Albert Symons, an English writer and bibliographer. From the library of Christopher Foyle, a British philanthropist and the chairman of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in London. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Ten Tales Bierce Symons Tales None
Price: GBP 175.00 = appr. US$ 249.90 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 911T54
- Book number: 911T54
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