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MENCKEN, HENRY LOUIS. A Collection of 28 volumes, mostly First Editions, (including a signed limited edition and a presentation copy), 8 typed letters signed by Mencken, approximately 120 issues of the American Mercury, Menckeniana and other miscellaneous literary journals. V.p., v.d. Together approximately 150 volumes, various sizes, various bindings (many dust jackets), condition varies). Includes: MENCKEN. The American Language. New York, 1919. 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, number 1248 of 1500 copies -- MENCKEN. Europe After 8:15. New York, 1914. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket -- MENCKEN. A little Book in C Major. New York, 1916. 8vo, orignal cloth. FIRST EDITION -- MENCKEN. Prejudices. First [Second - Fifth - Sixth] Series. New York, [1919-27]. 4 volumes, original cloth, 3 dust jackets. FIRST EDITIONS -- FOERSTER-NIETZSCHE, ELIZABETH, editior. The Nietzsche-Wagner Correspondence. Introduction by H.L. Mencken. New York, 1921. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket -- LIPPMANN, WALTER. H.L. Mencken. Reprinted from the Saturday Review of Literature December 11, 1926. New York, 1926. 8vo, original wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY, signed by Mencken on cover -- MENCKEN. Menckeniana. A Schimpflexikon. New York, 1928. FIRST EDITION, number 98 of 230 copies signed by Mencken -- MENCKEN. The American Language, Supplement I [-II]. New York, 1945-48. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth (one dust jacket). (150)