THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL and Other Essays By Ambrose Bierce Edited with a preface by S. O. Howes. San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1909. First edition. Original green cloth (also seen in brown--no priority) with front cover illustration in black; gilt-stamped cover lettering with spine titles and two devices gilt; in the original printed dust jacket replicating the books front cover. Tanned offsetting to the endpapers, as usual, nicks to the lower edge a few pages, else a near fine copy in green cloth; in a near fine, age-toned dust jacket with a few minor slim chips to the crown of the spine and upper flap folds. An attractively printed and bound collection of Bierce's previously uncollected essays. Octavo. 249 pages. BAL #1127 PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT VINTAGE BOOKS THANKS!