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The Diary of H.L. Mencken

The Diary of H.L. Mencken

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The Diary of H.L. Mencken

by Mencken, H. L

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Very Good+/Very Good
ISBN 10
039456877X
ISBN 13
9780394568775
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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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Bookseller
Great Expectations Rare Books US (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

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