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On Mencken
by Dorsey, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394512537
- ISBN 13
- 9780394512532
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed on the front endpaper by many of the contributors, including William Manchester, William Nolte, Malcolm Moos, John Dorsey, Alistair Cooke, Charles A. Fecher, and Carl Bode. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.00). Brown cloth, some stains throughout, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, pencil ticks next to the signatures and names on the recto of the leaf, clean otherwise. A collection of essays "celebrating the incomparable H.L. Mencken on the centenary of his birth, eight distinguished writers and editors consider various aspects of the man and his work--telling of his life, his writings, his prejudices, his passions, and his profound influence on American letters in the first half of the century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6220
- Title
- On Mencken
- Author
- Dorsey, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394512537
- ISBN 13
- 9780394512532
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Literary Criticism, Literary Biography, Essays
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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