Accession number
PML 176097
Creator
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956, author.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXXVIII [1928]
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
"Eighty copies (of which seventy-five are for sale) have been printed on Inomachi Japan Vellum, numbered from 1 to 80 / Each copy is signed by H.L. Mencken"--Page [2].
Library's copy is no. 32.
Library's copy is no. 32.
Description
[12], 132, [6] pages ; 23 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's signature in ink on page [2] as issued; author's inscription in ink on title page: "For Perry Molstad / H.L. Mencken;" written in pencil on title page by unidentified hand: "[A dictionary of abuse]."
Provenance
Bookplate of Perry Molstad; Carter Burden.
Binding
Publisher's orange cloth printed in gold with an orange slipcase.
Classification
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