Notes on democracy / by H. L. Mencken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Genre:

Essays.

Penn Provenance:

Williams, Estelle, 1886-1954 (bookplate) (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, v pages, 1 unnumbered page, 212 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm

Manufacture:

Norwood, Mass. : Printed and bound by the Plimpton Press.

Place of Publication:

New York : Published at the Borzoi by Alfred A. Knopf, [1926]

Contents:

Democratic man

The democratic state

Democracy and liberty

Coda.

Notes:

First edition, first trade printing.--Cf. Schrader.

With half-title.

Title page printed in red and black.

"Copyright, 1926, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

"This book is composed on the Linotype in Bodoni, so-called after its designer, Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) a celebrated Italian scholar and printer."

"Esparto paper manufactured in Scotland and furnished by W. F. Etherington & Co., New York."

Dark blue boards with Mencken arms blindstamped on front cover. Spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Red and yellow endpapers.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of Estelle Williams.

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed "Dear Gloom: Always one more! H. L. Mencken 1926".

Cited in:

Schrader, R. J. : H. L. Mencken, University of Pittsburgh Press, p. 167

OCLC:

182664