Title: An Imperfect Conflagration
Title Record # 1282410
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1886-03-27
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1886-03-27
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published as by "B" as "The Imperfect Conflagration" in the Wasp (San Francisco), March 27, 1886.
Synopsis: "A father/son team have committed a burglary and are dividing the spoils when the father holds back a fancy music box and denies he has it. ... An insurance policy is taken out on the house to enrich the son when he burns it down."
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| My Favorite Murder and Other Stories | 1927-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Haldeman-Julius (Little Blue Book #1086) | 64 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
coll | ||||
| Pause to Wonder | 1944-00-00 | ed. Marjorie Fischer, Rolfe Humphries | Julian Messner | $3.00?$: US dollar |
xx+ 572 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1970-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | 496 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alex Gotfryd | |||
| The Complete Short Stories 2, The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | 1971-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Ballantine Books | 0-345-02449-4 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 298 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | John Holmes | |
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1984-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 0-8032-6071-7 | 496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Marvin Cone | ||
| The Best of Ambrose Bierce | 1984-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | 0-89009-798-4 |
vi+ 484 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
| The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | 1988-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books (Picador Classics) | 0-330-29802-X | £6.95?£: UK pound |
xix+ 810 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Robin Harris |  |
| 100 Hilarious Little Howlers | 1999-10-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-1385-5 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
483 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Lucy Corvino | |
| Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | 2012-07-17 | Ambrose Bierce | Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) | 978-1-61347-015-2 | $350.00?$: US dollar |
600 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | date unknown | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 978-0-8032-6071-9 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Marvin Cone | |