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Prejudices : first series / by H. L. Mencken.
LIBRA PS3525.E43 P8 1919
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American essays--20th century.
- American essays.
- American literature.
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (bookplate) (Libra Rare copy).
- Enoch Pratt Free Library (bookplate) (Libra Rare copy).
- Local Subjects:
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (bookplate) (Libra Rare copy).
- Enoch Pratt Free Library (bookplate) (Libra Rare copy).
- Penn Provenance:
- Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 (Libra Rare copy) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 254 pages ; 19 cm
- Other Title:
- Prejudices. First series
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Published at the Borzoi by Alfred A. Knopf, [1919]
- Contents:
- Criticism of criticism of criticism
- The late Mr. Wells
- Arnold Bennett
- The dean
- Professor Veblen
- The new poetry movement
- The Heir of Mark Twain
- Hermann Sudermann
- George Ade
- The Butte Bashkirtseff
- Six members of the Institute. The boudoir Balzac; A stranger on Parnassus; A merchant of mush; The last of the Victorians; A bad novelist; A Broadway Brandes
- The genealogy of etiquette
- The American magazine
- The Ulster Polonius
- An unheeded law-giver
- The blushful mystery. Sex hygiene; Art and sex; A loss to romance; Sex on the stage
- George Jean Nathan
- Portrait of an immortal soul
- Jack London
- Among the avatars
- Three American immortals. Aristotolean obsequies; Edgar Allan Poe; Memorial service.
- Notes:
- With half-title.
- "Copyright, 1919, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
- Includes index.
- Dark blue cloth binding with Mencken arms stamped in blind on front cover. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt.
- OCLC:
- 325153
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