Title: A Tough Tussle
Title Record # 99478
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1888-09-30
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1888-09-30
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: First published in the San Francisco Examiner, September 30, 1888.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1891-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | E. L. G. Steele | 300 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1892-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chatto & Windus |
vi+ 244 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1898-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
vi+ 362 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Can Such Things Be? | 1910-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | The Neale Publishing Company (The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce #3) | 427 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1910-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chatto & Windus | 244 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Can Such Things Be? | 1918-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Boni & Liveright | 427 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Can Such Things Be? | 1924-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Albert & Charles Boni | 427 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1930-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chatto & Windus (Phoenix Library) | 2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
244 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| They Walk Again: An Anthology of Ghost Stories | 1931-04-00 | ed. Colin de la Mare | Faber and Faber | 7/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
469 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Ghost Book; or, They Walk Again | 1932-09-00 | ed. Colin de la Mare | Faber and Faber | 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
469 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen | 1934-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Daily Express Publications | 1087 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1941-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Chatto & Windus (Pelham Library) | 244 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1943-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Heritage Press | $3.50?$: US dollar |
xxx+ 222 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Paul Landacre | ||
| Magazine of Horror, November 1963 | 1963-11-00 | ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes | Health Knowledge, Inc. | $0.50?$: US dollar |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag |  |
||
| A Chamber of Horrors | 1965-00-00 | ed. John Hadfield | Studio Vista | 28/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| A Chamber of Horrors | 1965-00-00 | ed. John Hadfield | Little, Brown | $7.95?$: US dollar |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
||
| A Chamber of Horrors | 1967-00-00 | ed. John Hadfield | Fontana | 5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
285 | 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. |
anth | |||
| A Chamber of Horrors | 1967-00-00 | ed. John Hadfield | Fontana | 1484 | 5/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
285 | 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. |
anth | ||
| John Edgell's Ghosts | 1970-00-00 | ed. John Edgell | Wayland | 0-85340-020-2 | 35/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
316 | 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 | |||
| Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | 1971-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | The Easton Press (Masterpieces of American Literature) |
xxx+ 222 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| 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 | |
| John Edgell's Ghosts | 1975-00-00 | ed. John Edgell | Firefly Books (I) | 0-904724-01-8 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
316 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Ghost Stories | 1980-00-00 | ed. Deborah Shine | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1158-7 | £1.99?£: UK pound |
349 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| 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 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 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 | |
| East Coast Ghosts | 1989-07-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | The Middle Atlantic Press | 0-912608-75-7 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
310 | 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. |
anth | ||
| Can Such Things Be? | 1990-04-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Citadel Press | 0-8065-0550-8 | $6.95?$: US dollar |
160 | 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 | Kevin Kelly | |
| Great Ghost Stories | 1997-00-00 | ed. Editors of Reader's Digest | Reader's Digest | 0-276-42330-5 | 528 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Robert Wheeler (artist) | ||
| Can Such Things Be? | 1997-01-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth American Classics) | 1-85326-570-5 |
vii+ 161 |
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 | |||
| Can Such Things Be? | 2003-08-01 | Ambrose Bierce | Project Gutenberg | 4366 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ||||
Valea bāntuită?Valea bantuita Valea bintuita |
2005-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Editura Leda ( Galeria fantastică?Galeria fantastica ) |
973-7786-52-1 | 264 | 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 | |||
| Can Such Things Be? | 2012-05-02 | Ambrose Bierce | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
coll | ||||
| 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. |
coll | ||
| Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 19 | 2013-01-30 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
| 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 | |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction