first edition
1919 · New York
by MENCKEN, H.L.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919. First Edition. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 894. Large octavo (23.5cm.); original cloth in pale green dust jacket printed in red, black topstain; x,374pp. Jacket unevenly toned to tan, shallow chips and closed tears to extremities, split along spine edge of upper panel with old tape repair to verso. Still, Very Good in a Good copy of the exceedingly scarce dust jacket. (Inventory #: 23032)