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Ambrose Bierce Black Beetles in Amber

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Item Details

Description

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Author: Bierce, Ambrose
Title: Black Beetles in Amber
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Western Authors Publishing
Date Published: 1892
Description:

280 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original gray cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition.

BAL 1111.

Condition

Cloth minor shelfwear, spine sunned, frontispiece toned; near fine.

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Ambrose Bierce Black Beetles in Amber

Name: Ambrose Bierce Black Beetles in Amber
SKU: 155995714
Price: 250 USD
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