first edition
1943 · New York
by MENCKEN, H. L.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. FIRST EDITION. 223 x 253 mm. (8 3/4 x 6"). 1 p. l., x, [iv], 299, [3] pp.
Publisher's oatmeal colored buckram, blind-stamped red and blue. Without the dust jacket. With frontispiece portrait of the author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. ◆Buckram on corners just very slightly frayed, a touch of glue showing through at head of spine, top edge of text block with small water stains (but not affecting the pages themselves), overall a very good copy, contents entirely clean.
This is a very good copy of the third volume of H . L. Mencken's three volume memoir, signed by the author. Henry Louis (truncated)
Publisher's oatmeal colored buckram, blind-stamped red and blue. Without the dust jacket. With frontispiece portrait of the author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. ◆Buckram on corners just very slightly frayed, a touch of glue showing through at head of spine, top edge of text block with small water stains (but not affecting the pages themselves), overall a very good copy, contents entirely clean.
This is a very good copy of the third volume of H . L. Mencken's three volume memoir, signed by the author. Henry Louis (truncated)