Heathen Days 1890-1936 [Inscribed Association Copy]
by Mencken, H. L
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at first end page - "Dr. Roy D. McClure, To recall a day when he operated on me - and cured me ! H.L. Mencken 1943". With bookplate of Roy Donaldson McClure. Dr McClure completed his surgical residency under Dr. William S. Halsted, who is considered the father of American surgery, and then became the first Surgeon-in-Chief at the Henry Ford Hospital, serving there from 1916 until he retired in 1951. During that time he became internationally recognized for his skills as a surgeon. A great Association Copy, Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, two 1943 newspaper clipping reviews laid in. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007449
- Title
- Heathen Days 1890-1936 [Inscribed Association Copy]
- Author
- Mencken, H. L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Political Science;
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Association Copy
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- Jacket
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