Black Beetles In Amber

1892. San Francisco | New York: Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. Original blind-stamped light grey cloth, beveled. First Edition of Bierce's first volume of verse, published the year after his most famous book, TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS. There are about 150 short poems (which he terms "beetles"), mostly gleaned from appearances in newspapers. Bierce had seen action,… Read more about this item

New York: Neale Publishing Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1911. Hardcover. Woven cloth with gilt design to the front board and spine. Darkening to the spine, else unmarked. Small spots of rubbing to the boards, and dust soiling to the page edges.; 381 pages .

San Francisco and New York: Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A volume of satirical verses and sketches collected from Bierce''s journalism. A reviewer for the Californian Illustrated Magazine observed that the "black beetles are prominent citizens of California - public men, lawyers, judges, journalists, social leaders, and clubmen - whom Mr. Bierce has… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. First Edition. Second issue, in printed wrapper by Johnson & Emigh, San Francisco. Octavo (19cm). In original tan paper wraps, printed in black; 280pp; publisher's ads to rear wrapper; frontispiece portrait. Wrappers largely intact with tiny chips at edges, front cover with long splits at upper and lower joint, spine chipped and… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover in original gray cloth boards with beveled fore-edge and gilt to front (still bright) and spine (just barely visible). First printing. Book is solidly bound with general overall wear especially at top and bottom of spine. Text pages are clean with occasional light stains.… Read more about this item

Literature House / GREGG PRESS , 1970. 280pp.blue cloth, Hardback, VG, EX-LIB, minimal markings, Ohio native Ambrose Bierce's 'Black Beetles in Amber" written as a collection of poems, 1970 facsimile reprint of original 1892 edition, . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

San francisco, New York: Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American edition. First Print. Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-6 [7] 8 [9] 10-280, original green blind stamped boards, stain to rear board. floral patterned end pages, frontispiece (portrait of the author drawn by J. H. E. Partington), Rubbing to the boards, internally clean, owner… Read more about this item

New York and San Francisco: Western Authors Publishing Company / Johnson and Emigh, 1892. Early Reissue Using First Ed. Sheets. Printed Wrappers. 8vo. Pp. 280. Printed wrappers. Publisher ads on rear cover. Slight edge-wear. A remarkably well preserved copy. Early reissue using the unsold sheets of the first edition, including the original title page crediting Western Publishing Company, 1892.… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Western Authors Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1892. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 280 pages; 2nd state with no frontispiece. Light soiling and wear to covers. .

SF, WESTERN, 1892. SIGNED BY FORMER OWNER FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F.

SF & NY: Western Authors Publishing Co,, 1842.. First edition.. 280 pp. Corners lightly bumped and light edgewear, else very good in full cloth with gilt stamping.

1893. BIERCE, Ambrose. Black Beetles in Amber. Original cloth (spine dulled). San Francisco: Western Authors Publishing Co., 1892. First edition. BAL 1111. A very good copy.

Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. First edition, first printing. Inked name, else fine in fine custom black cloth chemise and slipcase with leather title label.. Light gray, fine-grained cloth titled in gilt and decoratively stamped in blind. From the library of and with the bookplates of noted book collector H. Bradley Martin and bookseller Arthur Swann.

San Francisco, New York: Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. 280 pp. 20.5 x 14 cm. Grey cloth covered boards with bevelled edges, gilt titling to cover and spine; portrait frontispiece. Light toning to spine. Some rubbing and bumping to spine ends, with some bumping, rubbing, and a bit of light wear to corners of boards. Narrow strip of light staining… Read more about this item

Cream hardback with gilt lettering. Very clean text, tight binding, no marks. A nice book. (R34)

Aegypan, 2008-05-01. Hardcover. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-02. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-02. Paperback. Good.

BiblioBazaar, 2007-01-15. Paperback. Used:Good.

BiblioBazaar, 2007-01-15. Paperback. Used:Good.