Add this copy of Americana 1926 to cart. $16.00, good condition, Sold by T A Borden Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Olney, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by Martin Hopkinson.
Add this copy of Americana 1926 to cart. $45.00, poor condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by Alfred A. knopf.
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Book. Octavo; G/poor; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, cream with black print; DJ brittle with chipping and tears to all edges, tearing to spine, front hinge, rear flap fold, front flap separated but present, toning, small stains, shelfwear; Boards in black cloth with gold print, slight puckering to cloth on front, wear to corners and spine caps, light shelfwear; Text block has tanning to endpapers, name in ink on front flyleaf, light age-toning to paper but clean and tight; xi, 279 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #5. 1329024. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of Americana 1926 1926 to cart. $73.00, very good condition, Sold by Rob the Book Man rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Belle Fourche, South Dakota, U.S.A. : Kessinger Pub Co.
Add this copy of Americana 1926 to cart. $95.00, good condition, Sold by Collins Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Tight binding, clean throughout, scuffed and mildly stained boards, clear titles, oxidized endpapers, Good in soiled with worn edges, small open tear on back, all images and titles are clear, Good jacket. 279pp, octavo.
Add this copy of Americana 1926 to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Princeton Antiques Bookservice rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by ALFRED A KNOPF.
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VERY GOOD. JACKET: TATTERED DJ. 6 X 8. Dj is tanned, chipped/creased at edges, front flap torn off but present, brittle. General shelf wear, and lightly faded spine. _PAB_
Add this copy of Americana: 1926 to cart. $475.00, very good condition, Sold by George Houle rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Springs, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1926..
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Very Good. No Jacket. Inscribed by Author(s) First edition. 8vo. 3 page preface by Mencken. Original full black cloth, gilt stamped spine and upper cover, uncut (spine dull). Very good. 279 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Mencken in black fountain pen ink on the title page: "Mrs. Cruze (the actress Betty Compson), To recall a happy meeting, H.L. Mencken, 1926." An important association copy. Mencken's fiancee and later wife Sara Haardt, an author, was to sell to James Cruze her film script "Way Down South" in 1927 for the then amazing sum of $20, 000. See "Mencken and Sara: A Life in Letters, " for further details. Betty Compson (1897-1974), born March 19, 1897, Beaver, Utah; died April 18, 1974, Glendale, California; American leading lady of the 1920's, in Christie comedies from 1915; film career 1915-1948: "The Miracle Man" 1919; "Docks of New York" 1928; "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" 1941; "Claudia and David" 1946; nominated for Best Actress Academy Award for "The Barker" 1928. Adler, p. 28.
Add this copy of Americana 1926 to cart. $500.00, very good condition, Sold by Antic Hay Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Asbury Park, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1926.
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MENCKEN, H.L.; [Editor]. AMERICANA 1926. Edited by H.L. Mencken. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. The second-and last-of these annual selections, listed by state or country, from "The American Mercury" magazine's department of Americana. Signed presentation from Mencken on the title page: "For Robert Lang, God save the writer..., H.L. Mencken." A similar, and quite popular, collection was published the previous year, with Mencken also as editor. Very Good (front cover bright but spine is dull); few tears with a few having internal repairs with archival tape (some sunning & few chips) d/j. $500.00.
