BIERCE, AMBROSE. The Cynic's Word Book. New York, 1906. 8vo, original decorated olive cloth, rubbed; hinges cracked. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Bierce (in pencil) on the front free endpaper to his good friend, the noted San Francisco literary figure (editor of The Wave), John O'Hara Cosgrove: "For J. O'H. Cosgrove, without whose good offices this book would not have been. Ambroise Bierce. Washington, D. C., September 29, 1906." BAL 1124A -- BIERCE. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. San Francisco, 1891. 8vo, original gray cloth, soiled and worn; quarter morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION. BAL 1109 -- BIERCE. A Son of the Gods and a Horseman in the Sky. San Francisco and New York, [1907]. 12mo, original vellum-backed boards; dust jacket; board slipcase. BAL 1126. (3)