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A Book of Burlesques
by H. L. Mencken
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/No Jacket
- Seller
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Steubenville, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. Vintage book. Pages are clean and unmarked, though modest aging/tanning to aged pages. Binding sound. Shelf-wear to book. 2nd Printing of the revised Edition (Knopf - 1920) . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Death: a Philosophical Discussion -- 2.) From the Programme of a Concert -- 3.) The Wedding: a Stage Direction -- 4.) The Visionary -- 5.) The Artist: a Drama Without Words -- 6.) Seeing the World -- 7.) From the Memoirs of the Devil -- 8.) Litanies for the Overlooked -- 9.) Asepsis: a Deduction in Scherzo -- 10.) Form Tales of the Moral and Pathological -- 11.) The Jazz Webster -- 12.) The Old Subject -- 13.) Panoramas of People -- 14.) Homeopathics -- 15.) Vers Libre. . . . . . . . . Published in 1916, this collection of previously published short pieces by Mencken is typical of his scathing wit and pessimistic outlook. As a 1917 review in the Independent put it, A Book of Burlesques is some of Mr. Mencken's most entertaining work, skillfully depicted fantasies of life as is. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.
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- Bookseller
- Bookmarx Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82347
- Title
- A Book of Burlesques
- Author
- H. L. Mencken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1920
Terms of Sale
Bookmarx Bookstore
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookmarx Bookstore
Biblio member since 2023
Steubenville, Ohio
About Bookmarx Bookstore
We are a small independent bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio, with a smattering of everything but a special love for the Catholic, Classic, and Literary.
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