Prejudices : fifth series / 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):

American essays--20th century.

American essays.

Genre:

Essays.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 307 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 25 cm

Edition:

[Limited edition].

Other Title:

Prejudices. Fifth series

Place of Publication:

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

Contents:

Four moral causes

Four makers of tales

In memoriam: W. J. B.

The hills of Zion

Beethoven

Rondo on an ancient theme

Protestantism in the republic

From the files of a book reviewer

The fringes of lovely letters

Essay in pedagogy

On living in Baltimore

The last New Englander

The nation

Officers and gentlemen

Golden age

Edgar Saltus

Miscellaneous notes

Catechism.

Notes:

"Of the first edition of Prejudices fifth series two hundred copies have been printed as follows: eight on Borzoi rag paper signed by the author and numbered from A to H; one hundred and ninety-two copies on Borzoi rag paper signed by the author and numbered from 1 to 192."

With half-title.

Title page printed in red and black

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

Includes index.

Blue-gray cloth spine with paper label printed in black. Red and white paper marbled boards.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy is no. 178 signed by H. L. Mencken.

Culture Class Collection copy has additional paper label for spine tipped in.

Culture Class Collection copy has unopened leaves.

OCLC:

47688406