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The American language : an inquiry into the development of English in the United States. Supplement I-II / by H. L. Mencken.
LIBRA - Special PE2808 .M4 1936 Suppl. Supplement I, Supplement II
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 M5223 948a copy 2 [Suppl. II]
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 M5223 945s [Suppl. I]
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language.
- Americanisms.
- Names--United States.
- Names.
- Names, Personal--United States.
- Names, Personal.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Weisberger, Siegfried (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy Supplement 2)
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy Supplement 2)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- American language. Supplement I-II
- Supplement One. The American Language
- Supplement Two. The American Language
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1945-48. (Norwood, Massachusetts : Composed, printed, and bound by The Plimpton Press)
- Notes:
- With half-titles.
- "Typography and binding designs by W. A. Dwiggins."
- Black cloth boards with Mencken arms blindstamped on front cover and Borzoi emblem blindstamped in lower right hand corner of back cover. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt.
- Price from dustjackets.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Culture Class Collection copies Supplements I and II have dustjackets retained.
- Culture Class Collection copy Supplement I has ms. annotation "Please return to Burton Rascoe".
- Culture Class Collection copy Supplement II inscribed "Siefried Weisberger with my best. H. L. Mencken. March 10, 1948". Also contains typewritten address from Mencken to Weisberger at the Peabody Book Shop pasted on front free endpaper.
- Culture Class Collection copy Supplement II has "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.".
- OCLC:
- 226072388
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