A Horseman in the Sky; A Watcher by the Dead; The Man and the Snake
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1920.
Limited Edition. Hardcover.
#368 of a Limited Edition of 400 copies printed by John Henry Nash in San Francisco. Decorations by Ray F. Coyle.
In these three classic tales of the macabre by Ambrose Bierce, a southerner who becomes a union soldier faces his father in battle, a man spends a night locked in a room with a corpse to settle a bet, and another is literally frightened to death by a toy snake with button eyes.
Item #9019706-1/8 x 8-1/2", quarter green cloth, green and orange marbled paper over boards, paper title label on spine, 53pp.
Shallow divet top-edge of colophon where folded edges have been opened, offsetting to free endpapers, signature joints a bit cracked, top-edges are mostly unopened, clean of owner's marks, a very good copy.
Price: $75.00