The American Mercury August 1930 by H.L. Mencken (editor); James Branch Cabell - 1930

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1921. Cloth. Very good/No Jacket. [xvi], 261p. 2nd printing (1923) Name on front endpaper, a bit of pencil marginalia, cover corners lightly worn and spine sunned. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1905. (7-7/8"x5-1/4")

New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1925. (Periodical) Very good. 129-255pp. Light spine wear at top and bottom, edges chipped. February 1925. Contributors include Herbert Asbury (Up from Methodism), James Branch Cabell (Above Paradise (A Story)), Barrett H. Clark (George Moore at Work), Edgar Lee Masters (John Peter Altgeld), Louise Pound (Walt Whitman Neologisms), Charles C. Thach (The Monroe Doctrine), Owen P. White (A Glance at the Mexicans). Edited by George Jean Nathan. Article about George Moore & Walt Whitman. (Essays).

New York: Alfres A Knopf, 1926. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Large octavo. xxxii, 128pp., xxxiii-lxiv. Green wrappers. Foxing on page edges, yapped edges worn with tears, very good. "Between Worlds" by James Branch Cabell. "Death in the Woods" by Sherwood Anderson. "The Library" by H.L. Mencken. Contributions by Royce B. Howes, Edgar Lee Masters, William McFee, Ruth Suckow, Louis LeFevre, Nunnally Johnson, Duncan Aikman, John McClure, Leo Stein, Clarence Walworth Alvord, Gerald W. Johnson, Dane Yorke, Leon Wexelstein, Owen P. White, Marquis W. Childs, Henry Tetlow, and George Jean Nathan.

NY: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1927. stapled green wraps with Kalki emblem on front; 33 clean, unmarked pages.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by B/W Frontis. 12 vo; .5 Pound.

First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Near fine in original wrappers with light wear and a rubber stamp. One of the few issues of The Nation illustrated with a photograph [of Mencken]. Uncommon.