Portrait Of Ambrose Bierce (Bierce, Ambrose) De Castro, Adolphe [Danziger]

Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xiii [xiv] xv-xvi [xvii-xviii] [1-2] 3-351 [352: blank], flyleaf at front, eight inserted plates, one folding facsimile, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, pictorial paper inlay on front panel. First edition. This biography was heavily revised by Frank Belknap Long at the request of his colleague H. P. Lovecraft who had done some work in Providence on the manuscript, but was too busy with other projects to continue rewriting De Castro's book. Spine panel stamping quite dull, hairline crack along gutter between flyleaf and half title leaf (repairable), binding still tight, very good, internally clean. (#173871)