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The days of H. L. Mencken: Happy days, Newspaper days, Heathen days.
LIBRA PS3525.E43 D34
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
- Mencken, H. L.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Newspaper editors.
- Maryland--Baltimore.
- Newspaper editors--Maryland--Baltimore--Biography.
- Journalists--United States--Biography.
- Journalists.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes in 1. : portraits ; 22 cm
- Manufacture:
- Norwood, Massachusetts : Manufactured by The Plimpton Press.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
- Contents:
- Happy days
- Newspaper days
- Heathen days.
- Notes:
- "First edition sixth printing."--Cf. Schrader.
- Added title page has ornate border within top and bottom rules with a row of diamonds on left and right. Bottom has same ornate border upside down. Borzoi emblem in triple circle.
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
- "The history of the three books here brought together is told in their prefaces, and there is little to add save the hope that putting them into one volume will be as convenient to the reader as it has been to the printer, the binder, and the publisher."--Author's Note.
- Each part has individual title-page with dates changed to 1947 and separate pagination.
- "This book was set on the Linotype in Scotch Modern, a type-face that has been in continuous service for more than one hundred years ..."
- "This book was designed by W. A. Dwiggins ..."
- Blue cloth boards with blindstamped Mencken arms on front cover and Borzoi emblem blindstamped in lower right hand corner of back cover. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Top edge stained blue.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Cited in:
- Schrader, R. J. : H. L. Mencken. University of Pittsburgh Press, p. 240
- Contains:
- Happy days.
- Newspaper days.
- Heathen days.
- OCLC:
- 1102078
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