San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, 1891. First Edition. Small 8vo. Fly leaf before title, [1]-300, blank leaf. Light green cloth (not mentioned by BAL), spine and front covers letters stamped in gilt. Head and foot of spine slightly rubbed, cloth clean, faint age-toning to endpapers, upper corners creased starting with front free endpaper through page 18. Overall in very good condition. Nineteen stories including Bierce's most well-known, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". BAL 1109. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 162.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages .

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Bookseller: Dale A. Sorenson (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12450
Title: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
Author: Bierce, Ambrose
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: E. L. G. Steele
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 1891
Keywords: Fiction, Stories, American Literature

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