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Prejudices : sixth series / by H.L. Mencken.

Accession number: 
PML 179266
Author: 
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956, author.
Published: 
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1927]
Description: 
[1], vi, [2], 9-317, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Credit: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes: 

"Published October, 1927"--Title page verso.
"Of the first edition of Prejudices sixth series one hundred ninety copies have been printed as follows: fifty copies on Japan vellum, bound in vellum and signed by the author, numbered from 1 to 50; one hundred forty copies on Borzoi all rag paper, specially bound and signed by the author, numbered from 1 to 140."
Includes index.
Library's copy is no. 6.

Binding: 
Publisher's gold-stamped cream boards housed in an orange paper slipcase.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Author's signature in ink on flyleaf as issued.

Provenance: 
Carter Burden.
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Department: 
Printed Books