The American Mercury : Volume 1, Number 1 : January 1924
by Mencken, H.L. (editor); Nathan, George Jean (editor)
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- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
The American Mercury, Incorporated, 1924. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [6], 127, [7] pages. First issue of the influential magazine, which Mencken would co-edit for the next 10 years, with various contributions (generally editorials and 'clinical notes', as in this issue). Notable contributors to this premiere offering include Ernest Boyd, James Branch Cabell, Theodore Dreiser (4 of his poems), James Gibbons Huneker ('Huneker on Huneker'), John McClure, Ruth Suckow, and others. Publisher on upper wrapper: Alfred A. Knopf. See Adler, page 143. Small nicks, slight rubbing and browning to wrappers; wrappers detached at spine; slight internal browning and/or foxing to leaves (chiefly to preliminaries and edges, as well as foredges); else a fairly serviceable copy.Few B/w decorations; Advertising Matter.
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- Arundel Books of Seattle
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L047717
- Title
- The American Mercury : Volume 1, Number 1 : January 1924
- Author
- Mencken, H.L. (editor); Nathan, George Jean (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The American Mercury, Incorporated
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Mencken, H. L. American Literature 20th Century Review Periodical Journal Essay, , , , , , ,
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