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  "full": "\n**AMBROSE BIERCE. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE. 1927–1957. (ML 133)** \n\n#### 143a. First printing (1927) \n\n[within double rules] IN THE MIDST | OF LIFE | TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS | [rule] | BY | AMBROSE BIERCE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | GEORGE STERLING | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK \n\nPp. [*8*], i–xvi, [13–15] 16–403 [404]. [1–13]16 \n\n[*1*] half title; [*2*] pub. note D5; [*3*] title; [*4*] *Copyright,* 1909, *By* | A. AND C. BONI, INC. | [short double rule] | *Introduction Copyright,* 1927, *By* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | *August*, 1927; [*5*] PREFACE | TO THE FIRST EDITION signed: A. B. | San Francisco, Sept. 4, 1891.; [*6*] blank; [*7*–*8*] CONTENTS; i–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: George Sterling. | *San Francisco, October,* 1926.; [13] part title: SOLDIERS; [14] blank; [15]–403 text; [404] blank. \n\n*Contents:* Soldiers. A Horseman in the Sky – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge – Chickamauga – A Son of the Gods – One of the Missing – Killed at Resaca – The Affair at Coulter’s Notch – The Coup de Grâce – Parker Adderson, Philosopher – An Affair of Outposts – The Story of a Conscience – One Kind of Officer – One Officer, One Man – George Thurston – The Mocking–Bird. Civilians. The Man Out of the Nose – An Adventure at Brownville – The Famous Gilson Bequest – The Applicant – A Watcher by the Dead – The Man and the Snake – A Holy Terror – The Suitable Surroundings – The Boarded Window – A Lady from Red Horse – The Eyes of the Panther. \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B. \n\n> Text on front:
 “The question that starts to the lips of ninety-nine readers out of a hundred, even the best informed, will assuredly be: ‘Who is Ambrose Bierce?’ You may wander for years through literary circles and never meet anybody who has heard of him; and then you may hear some erudite student whisper in an awed voice: ‘Ambrose Bierce is the greatest modern prose writer!’” —Arnold Bennett \n> “Bierce was the first writer of fiction to treat war realistically. He antedated even Zola. . . . So far in this life, I have encountered no more thoroughgoing cynic than Bierce. Out of the spectacle of life about him he got an unflagging and Gargantuan joy”. —H. L. Mencken. \n> George Sterling, lifelong friend of Ambrose Bierce, wrote the introduction for this volume two weeks before his tragic death. It was the last writing from his pen. (*Spring 1927*) \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Fall 1929*) \n\n> Front flap:
 More and more the fame of Ambrose Bierce grows, not so much from his fantastic life and mysterious death, but from his haunting and unforgettable tales. His art is candidly inhuman, yet the clarity and perfection of his style and his dramatic fervor give these “terror tales” a secure place among the classic short stories of literature. The first two stories in this volume— “A Horseman in the Sky” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”—are generally considered Bierce’s best. (*Fall 1935*) \n\nOriginally published as *Tales of Soldiers and Civilians* by E. L. G. Steele, 1891. New edition with a revised selection of stories published as *In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians* by Neale Publishing Co., 1909 (*The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce*, vol. 2); reprinted as a separate volume by Boni & Liveright, 1918, and Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. ML edition (pp. [*5*–*8*], [13]–403) printed from Neale/B&L/Boni plates. Publication announced for August 1927. *WR* 5 November 1927. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1957. \n\nWilliam Chislett, Jr., of Albright College in Pennsylvania corresponded with the ML in 1926 about an anthology of Bierce’s writings that he had prepared, but he was unable to secure the necessary copyright permissions (RH box 72, Chislett folder). \n\n#### 143b. Title page reset (1940) \n\nIN THE | MIDST | OF LIFE | *Tales of* | *Soldiers and Civilians* | BY | AMBROSE BIERCE | *Introduction by* | GEORGE STERLING | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule] \n\nPagination and collation as 143a. \n\nContents as 143a except: [*2*] blank; [*4*] COPYRIGHT 1909, BY A. AND C. BONI, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. \n\n*Jacket:* Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering in reverse on dark blue panel tilted from right; background in dark reddish orange with series and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. \n\n> Front flap as 143a jacket B. (*Spring 1940*) \n\n",
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  "year": "1927",
  "label": "AMBROSE BIERCE. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE. 1927–1957. (ML 133)",
  "author": "AMBROSE BIERCE",
  "title": "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE.",
  "date": "1927–1957.",
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      "full": "\n\n[within double rules] IN THE MIDST | OF LIFE | TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS | [rule] | BY | AMBROSE BIERCE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | GEORGE STERLING | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK \n\nPp. [*8*], i–xvi, [13–15] 16–403 [404]. [1–13]16 \n\n[*1*] half title; [*2*] pub. note D5; [*3*] title; [*4*] *Copyright,* 1909, *By* | A. AND C. BONI, INC. | [short double rule] | *Introduction Copyright,* 1927, *By* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | *August*, 1927; [*5*] PREFACE | TO THE FIRST EDITION signed: A. B. | San Francisco, Sept. 4, 1891.; [*6*] blank; [*7*–*8*] CONTENTS; i–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: George Sterling. | *San Francisco, October,* 1926.; [13] part title: SOLDIERS; [14] blank; [15]–403 text; [404] blank. \n\n*Contents:* Soldiers. A Horseman in the Sky – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge – Chickamauga – A Son of the Gods – One of the Missing – Killed at Resaca – The Affair at Coulter’s Notch – The Coup de Grâce – Parker Adderson, Philosopher – An Affair of Outposts – The Story of a Conscience – One Kind of Officer – One Officer, One Man – George Thurston – The Mocking–Bird. Civilians. The Man Out of the Nose – An Adventure at Brownville – The Famous Gilson Bequest – The Applicant – A Watcher by the Dead – The Man and the Snake – A Holy Terror – The Suitable Surroundings – The Boarded Window – A Lady from Red Horse – The Eyes of the Panther. \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B. \n\n> Text on front:
 “The question that starts to the lips of ninety-nine readers out of a hundred, even the best informed, will assuredly be: ‘Who is Ambrose Bierce?’ You may wander for years through literary circles and never meet anybody who has heard of him; and then you may hear some erudite student whisper in an awed voice: ‘Ambrose Bierce is the greatest modern prose writer!’” —Arnold Bennett \n> “Bierce was the first writer of fiction to treat war realistically. He antedated even Zola. . . . So far in this life, I have encountered no more thoroughgoing cynic than Bierce. Out of the spectacle of life about him he got an unflagging and Gargantuan joy”. —H. L. Mencken. \n> George Sterling, lifelong friend of Ambrose Bierce, wrote the introduction for this volume two weeks before his tragic death. It was the last writing from his pen. (*Spring 1927*) \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Fall 1929*) \n\n> Front flap:
 More and more the fame of Ambrose Bierce grows, not so much from his fantastic life and mysterious death, but from his haunting and unforgettable tales. His art is candidly inhuman, yet the clarity and perfection of his style and his dramatic fervor give these “terror tales” a secure place among the classic short stories of literature. The first two stories in this volume— “A Horseman in the Sky” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”—are generally considered Bierce’s best. (*Fall 1935*) \n\nOriginally published as *Tales of Soldiers and Civilians* by E. L. G. Steele, 1891. New edition with a revised selection of stories published as *In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians* by Neale Publishing Co., 1909 (*The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce*, vol. 2); reprinted as a separate volume by Boni & Liveright, 1918, and Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. ML edition (pp. [*5*–*8*], [13]–403) printed from Neale/B&L/Boni plates. Publication announced for August 1927. *WR* 5 November 1927. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1957. \n\nWilliam Chislett, Jr., of Albright College in Pennsylvania corresponded with the ML in 1926 about an anthology of Bierce’s writings that he had prepared, but he was unable to secure the necessary copyright permissions (RH box 72, Chislett folder). \n\n"
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      "title": "Title page reset (1940) ",
      "full": "\n\nIN THE | MIDST | OF LIFE | *Tales of* | *Soldiers and Civilians* | BY | AMBROSE BIERCE | *Introduction by* | GEORGE STERLING | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule] \n\nPagination and collation as 143a. \n\nContents as 143a except: [*2*] blank; [*4*] COPYRIGHT 1909, BY A. AND C. BONI, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. \n\n*Jacket:* Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering in reverse on dark blue panel tilted from right; background in dark reddish orange with series and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. \n\n> Front flap as 143a jacket B. (*Spring 1940*) \n\n"
    }
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