The Diary of H.L. Mencken
by Mencken, H. L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039456877X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394568775
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1989. Hardcover, yellow cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 476pp., Imdex. Stated first edition. The never-before, published diary of the most outspoken, iconoclastic, ferociously articulate of American social critics...famous for his merciless puncturing of smugness, his genius for deflating pomposity and pretense, his polemical brilliance. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+ in a very good dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011547
- Title
- The Diary of H.L. Mencken
- Author
- Mencken, H. L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039456877X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394568775
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Diary,
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Good+
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