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H. L. Mencken on Music: A Selection of His Writings on Music Together With an Account of H. L. Mencken's Musical Life and a History of the Saturday Night Music Club
by Menckem, H.L.; Cheslock, Louis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf/A Borzoi Book, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated First Edition, 1961. Very good hardcover with a good dust jacket, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to blue cloth boards, gold gilt titling on spine remains bright and bold. Top text block inked red. Text is very good throughout. Unclipped dust jacket ($4.50) is good with edgewear, two small closed tears, light soil. Jacket arrives wrapped in protective Mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 309070
- Title
- H. L. Mencken on Music: A Selection of His Writings on Music Together With an Account of H. L. Mencken's Musical Life and a History of the Saturday Night Music Club
- Author
- Menckem, H.L.; Cheslock, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf/A Borzoi Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 1.06 lbs
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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