Accession number
PML 179248
Creator
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956, author.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1945.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
xv, 739, xxxv pages ; 25 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Written in ink on inside front cover: "Happy Birthday Mrs. D. We shall ask H.L.M. to inscribe this for you later. Love, Marcy;" author's inscription in ink on flyleaf: "For Mrs. du Pont at the command of Marcella and Alfred and with my devotion. H.L. Mencken;" former owner's inscirption in ink on flyleaf: "1952: presented to Frances and Gordon Rust with affection, by M.M. du P;"
Provenance
Bessie Gardner Du Pont; Frances and Gordon Rust; Carter Burden.
Binding
Publisher's black cloth with gold-stamped spine, issued in a black cloth slipcase.
Classification
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