Accession number
PML 181876
Creator
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956, author.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXX [1920]
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
"Of this book sixty copies have been printed on imperial Japan vellum and autographed by the authors. Fifty copies only are for sale"--Verso of half title.
Authors' signatures in ink below colophon as issued.
Library's copy is no. 9.
Authors' signatures in ink below colophon as issued.
Library's copy is no. 9.
Description
183 pages ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in ink on flyleaf: "Of this edition, on battleship linoleum, one (1) copies were printed. To my venerable brother, Joseph Hergesheimer to recall one day in the confederate army. H.L. Mencken."
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Publisher's black boards backed in white cloth printed on gold on the spine.
Classification
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Department