Ambrose Bierce Signed and Inscribed Photo, Very Rare
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Ambrose Bierce Signed and Inscribed Photo
Cabinet Card photo of Ambroise Bierce, 4" x 5.5" on heavy card stock to a size of 7" x 8.5". Verso is inscribed "To my best of good friends, Louise Hirshberg / Ambroise Bierce / Oct. 3, 1897" . The card is toned and slightly grubby with mild cupping, with a near fine photo, and a strong vibrant inscription.
Ambrose Bierce's literary reputation is based primarily on his short stories about the Civil War and the supernatural—a body of work that makes up a relatively small part of his total output. Often compared to the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, these stories share an attraction to death in its more bizarre forms, featuring depictions of mental deterioration, uncanny, otherworldly manifestations, and expressions of the horror of existence in a meaningless universe. Like Poe, Bierce professed to be mainly concerned with the artistry of his work, yet critics find him more intent on conveying his misanthropy and pessimism. In his lifetime Bierce was famous as a California journalist dedicated to exposing the truth as he understood it, regardless of whose reputations were harmed by his attacks. For his sardonic wit and damning observations on the personalities and events of the day, he became known as "the wickedest man in San Francisco."
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Ambrose Bierce Signed and Inscribed Photo
Cabinet Card photo of Ambroise Bierce, 4" x 5.5" on heavy card stock to a size of 7" x 8.5". Verso is inscribed "To my best of good friends, Louise Hirshberg / Ambroise Bierce / Oct. 3, 1897" . The card is toned and slightly grubby with mild cupping, with a near fine photo, and a strong vibrant inscription.
Ambrose Bierce's literary reputation is based primarily on his short stories about the Civil War and the supernatural—a body of work that makes up a relatively small part of his total output. Often compared to the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, these stories share an attraction to death in its more bizarre forms, featuring depictions of mental deterioration, uncanny, otherworldly manifestations, and expressions of the horror of existence in a meaningless universe. Like Poe, Bierce professed to be mainly concerned with the artistry of his work, yet critics find him more intent on conveying his misanthropy and pessimism. In his lifetime Bierce was famous as a California journalist dedicated to exposing the truth as he understood it, regardless of whose reputations were harmed by his attacks. For his sardonic wit and damning observations on the personalities and events of the day, he became known as "the wickedest man in San Francisco."
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Ambrose Bierce Signed and Inscribed Photo, Very Rare
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