I think that the edition I had may have included some of his Devil’s Dictionary; but I’m not sure anymore and the book is boxed away somewhere.
I checked a little more and I think that what I had is “The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce, with an introduction by Clifton Fadiman”. That introduction is the tipoff for me, and it looks like there was a 1973 reprint of a 1946 book. 1973 sounds like when I purchased it.
Being something of a misanthrope, Bierce appeals to me. As does Florence King, who’s a misanthrope and funny as hell.
Somehow I’ve never read Harlan Ellison and Road Dahl that I can remember. I have been on a Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Black Mask kick with Audible, I’ll see if they have some Ellison and Dahl.
He also wrote tons of T.V. and movie critiques; all of which I have have also read. He has a very mordant wit, which I find quite funny.
Hitchcock used quite a few of Dahl's short stories for his show; my favorite one is, IIRC, called :"THE LEG OF LAMB". I don't know if they are still in print, but his stories, in this vein, used to be available in paperback collections; which is what I bought in the late '50s.
I'm not certain just when I bought the Bierce anthology, but I think that it must have been about the same time that you bought it. THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY was just an excerpt, so I bought the entire book and another one too, at the same time.
Have you ever read any of Jack Finney's books/short stories/novellas? You might enjoy him. His best known is probably INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, due to all of the movies made from that book. But his other work is also VERY good; though his much awaited sequel to TIME AND AGAIN ( my favorite of his books ) was NOT up to snuff; sadly.