BIERCE, Ambrose. Fantastic Fables. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. FIRST EDITION. [With]: BIERCE. The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays. S. O. Howes, editor. San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1909. FIRST EDITION.
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BIERCE, Ambrose (1842-1914?). Fantastic Fables. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899.
8vo. 4pp. publisher’s advertisements [BAL’s variant 1]. (Some spotting.) Publisher's beige cloth gilt (upper hinge starting, some soiling). FIRST EDITION. BAL 1120.
[With]: BIERCE, Ambrose. The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays. S. O. Howes, editor. San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1909. 4to. Publisher's green cloth gilt (spine sunned, some dampstaining, remnants of institutional pockets on rear board). FIRST EDITION.
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The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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