Accession number
PML 179253
Creator
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956, author.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
Page on galley printed on unbound sheets with two pages printed on each leaf.
Typographer's printed marks at top of each formatted page.
Layout instructions printed upside down at bottom of each formatted page.
Yellow publisher's label pasted to verso of leaf [152]: "Advance proofs {Uncorrected} ... Price: $4.50 / Publication date: October 20, 1958."
Typographer's printed marks at top of each formatted page.
Layout instructions printed upside down at bottom of each formatted page.
Yellow publisher's label pasted to verso of leaf [152]: "Advance proofs {Uncorrected} ... Price: $4.50 / Publication date: October 20, 1958."
Description
152 unnumbered leaves (xvi, 286 pages) ; 63 x 18 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Stamped in red ink at the top of the first [9] leaves: "3980 / The Plimpton Press / May 28, 1958 / Duplicate Proofs / Do not contain Proofreader's Marks / Please hold;" stamped in black ink at top of leaves [10-152]: "The Plimpton Press / Date: [blank] / Duplicate Proofs / Do not contain Proofreader's Marks / Please hold," with "3980 / May 23, 1958" stamped in black ink separately on leaves [10] and [152]; page numbering corrections in pencil on leaves [27] and [28] (pages 36-39).
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Folded unbound sheets wrapped in a blue cloth chemise housed in a blue cloth slipcase.
Classification
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Department