BOOKS by Ambrose Bierce

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1	Devil's Dictionary more books like this by Ambrose Bierce History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. Self-Esteem, n. An erroneous appraisement. These caustic aphorisms, collected in The ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary more books like this by Ambrose Bierce, David E. Schultz (Editor), S. T. Joshi (Editor) If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in Bierce's dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen", and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another". This is a comprehensive, authoritative ... see all copies from £26.60!
3	Can Such Things Be? more books like this by Ambrose Bierce This work is a collection of tales of the uncanny and of the effects of the supernatural horror. Several are concerned with episodes of the American Civil War and the California frontier. The tales are full of psychological realism which accentuate Bierce's sardonic humour. see all copies from £2.08! new only from £2.08! \| first editions
4	The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce more books like this by Ambrose Bierce Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as "bitter Bierce" and "the devil's lexicographer." He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent ... see all copies from £7.08! new only from £10.60! \| first editions
5	Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce more books like this by Ambrose Bierce, Everett F Bleiler (Editor) These 23 modern horror stories by American master include "The Eyes of the Panther," "The Damned Thing," and 21 more that will "attract and hold the attention of anyone interested in the horror genre." -- "SF Booklog," see all copies from £2.12! new only from £7.39! \| first editions
6	The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce more books like this by Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce The best from the legendary 19th-century journalist, including stories that still amuse, shock, and entertain. The Devil's Dictionary, Can Such Things Be? Negligible Tales, and more. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £14.83! \| first editions
7	Fantastic Fables more books like this by Ambrose Bierce What happens when a wit like Ambrose Bierce sets out to one-up Aesop? Lots ofgood weird fun for readers. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.23! \| first editions
8	Tales of Soldiers and Civilians: And Other Stories more books like this by Ambrose Bierce, Tom Quirk (Introduction by) Questing after Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces, Ambose Bierce rode into Mexico in 1913 and completely vanished off the face of the earth. Though his ultimate fate remains a mystery to this day, Bierce's contribution to American letter's rests firmly on the basis of his incomparable Devil's Dictionary and a remarkable body of short fiction. ... see all copies from £6.85! new only from £8.83!
9	The enlarged devil's dictionary more books like this by Ambrose Bierce An incomparable satirist, Ambrose Bierce became the 'laughing devil' of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H.L.Mencken, and nowhere are his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody more in evidence than in this 'dictionary'. see all copies from £2.17! new only from £12.35! \| first editions
10	Civil War Stories more books like this by Ambrose Bierce Sixteen dark and vivid tales by great satirist: "A Horseman in the Sky," "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "Chicakamauga," "A Son of the Gods," "What I Saw of Shiloh," more. Note. see all copies from £2.09! new only from £4.11! \| first editions
11 view cover	In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians more books like this by Ambrose Bierce Some of the most chilling and macabre tales in the English language can be attributed to American journalist and short story writer Ambrose Bierce. Written in and around the time of the Civil War, this book includes "A Horseman in the Sky", "Chickamauga", "The Applicant", "A Holy Terror", "An Occurence at owl Creek Bridge"--perhaps his most famous ... see all copies from £2.07! new only from £7.28! \| first editions
12 view cover	Tales of Soldiers and Civilians more books like this by Ambrose Bierce This revised edition of Ambrose Bierce's 1892 collection of "Soldiers" and "Civilians" tales fills a void in American literature. A veteran of the Civil War and a journalist known for his integrity and biting satire, Ambrose Bierce was also a lively short-story writer of considerable depth and power. As San Francisco's most famous journalist ... see all copies from £6.04! new only from £7.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The sardonic humor of Ambrose Bierce more books like this by Ambrose Bierce Insulting poems, cruel epigrams, parodies of bad fiction, character assassinations by America's bitterest, wittiest humorist. see all copies from £2.09! new only from £8.44! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories more books like this by Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.42!
15 view cover	Ambrose Bierces Civil War more books like this by Ambrose Bierce, William McCann (Editor) William McCann has sifted through Ambrose Bierce's vast literary opus to present a collection of his most outstanding stories of the Civil War: seven selections from the author's memoirs and twenty works of fiction in all. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Ambrose Bierce more books like this by Ambrose Bierce, S T Joshi, John Coulthart (Illustrator) Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce is revised, with 70 new pages, including new comics adaptations of "Moxon's Master," "The Damned Thing" and "The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter." Returning from the first edition are "The Stranger" and four other tales, plus a collection of 20 short fables illustrated by Dan O'Neill, Shary Flenniken, Florence ... see all copies from £7.71! new only from £8.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
17	The Monk & the Hangman's Daughter more books like this by Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce see all copies from £5.48! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Poems of Ambrose Bierce more books like this by Ambrose Bierce, M E Grenander (Editor) Ambrose Bierce is one of the most colorful figures in American literary history. A writer whose "Devil's Dictionary" remains the delight of misanthropes and fans of satire throughout the English-speaking world, he was also a master of the short story form. From the late 1860s through the early 1900s, he worked as a journalist, gaining wide renown ... see all copies from £4.17! new only from £5.79! \| first editions
19 view cover	Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce more books like this by Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce didn't just write about the Civil War - he lived through it, on the battlefields and along the picket lines. In so doing he gave birth to a chronicle of men at war previously unseen in the American literary canon. That some of these stories verge on the supernatural, others on factual chronicle, and others balance on the thin line ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £10.10! \| first editions
20 view cover	Black Beetles in Amber more books like this by Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist, today best known for his The Devil's Dictionary (1911). Bierce's lucid, unsentimental style has kept him popular when many of his contemporaries have been consigned to oblivion. His dark, sardonic views and vehemence as a critic earned ... see all copies from £10.45! new only from £10.45! \| first editions
21 view cover	An occurrence at Owl Creek bridge and other stories more books like this by Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce's original and innovative stories differed dramatically from those of his 19th-century contemporaries. These 23 tales include his best and most characteristic short fiction: anti-war satires that underscore the barbarism of bloodshed, horror stories with keenly ironic edge, and sardonic "tall tales" of the Old West. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays more books like this by Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist, today best known for his The Devil's Dictionary (1911). He wrote some of his books under the pseudonyms Dod Grile and J. Milton Sloluck. Bierce's lucid, unsentimental style has kept him popular when many of his contemporaries have been ... see all copies from £12.11! new only from £12.11! \| first editions
23	In the Midst of Life more books like this by Ambrose Bierce This large print title is set in Tieras 16pt font as reccomended by the RNIB. see all copies from £2.74! new only from £18.36! \| first editions
24	Write it right : a little blacklist of literary faults more books like this by Ambrose Bierce This large print title is set in Tieras 16pt font as reccomended by the RNIB. see all copies from £9.89! new only from £11.89! \| first editions
25 view cover	Civil War Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce more books like this by Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce "He will remain one of our greatest wits, one of our most uncompromising satirists, the perfecter of two or three new genres." - Clifton Fadiman. "Bierce's war stories are...arresting, often shocking accounts of the incivilities perpetrated by and on men suddenly confronting their own mortality." - Cathy N. Davidson, author of "The Experimental ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £9.10! \| first editions

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