A Book of Prefaces H. L. Mencken
by A Book of Prefaces H. L. Mencken Mencken
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Good. NY. Alfred A. Knopf. 1917. Hardcover First Edition ("Published September 1917"). Black cloth stamped in fading gold on the front boards and the spine. Touch of fraying at head and tail of spine. Moder. corner bumps, in no DJ> Touch of foxing to endpapers and title page, some scuffing to boards. Tight, without reader's marks. Essays on Joseph Conrad, Theodore Dreiser, James Huneker, and Puritanism as a Literary Force.
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- Bookseller
- Station North Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0427R169236
- Title
- A Book of Prefaces H. L. Mencken
- Author
- A Book of Prefaces H. L. Mencken Mencken
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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About the Seller
Station North Books
Biblio member since 2006
Baltimore, Maryland
About Station North Books
I grade conservatively, personally inspecting all the books and trying to describe their condition so you have no surprises. I aim to underpromise and overdeliver. My best feedback is the (more than) one that says, "Better than described!" I have been collecting books for years and sharing story and ideas as an English teacher since 1987. Ned at NedSparrow.com
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
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