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The American language : a preliminary inquiry into the development of English in the United States / by H.L. Mencken.

Accession number
PML 186319
Creator
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1919.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
Library's copy housed in blue cloth clamshell box.
"Of the first edition of this book fifteen hundred copies have been printed and the type distributed"--Colophon.
Library's copy is no. 605.
Description
x, 374 pages ; 24 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in ink on front flyleaf: For Perry Molstad, with best wishes, -- [signed] H.L. Mencken.
Provenance
Bookplate of Perry Molstad; Carter Burden.
Binding
Publisher's black cloth.
Classification
Department