The Reincarnation of H.L. Mencken
by Van Roosbroeck, Gustave L. (Louis Adamic; H.L. Mencken)
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No Publisher Indicated [Institute of French Studies, Columbia University]. Good+. 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Soft Cover. SIGNED and inscribed on the cover by Gustave L. Van Roosbroeck to Louis Adamic, who was a Slovene-American author and translator. Mencken was his mentor, "Adamic saw America through the eyes of H. L. Mencken." --- ; There is a short tear to top of spine and minor smudges to top of pages 6 and 7, otherwise in Very Good condition. Scarce. ; (A treatise comparing H. L. Mencken to Johann Burkhard Mencke, the author of The Charlatanry of the Learned. Mencken's ancestor was Mencke's father's cousin.) ; 8vo; 22 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Eliabooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30207
- Title
- The Reincarnation of H.L. Mencken
- Author
- Van Roosbroeck, Gustave L. (Louis Adamic; H.L. Mencken)
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- No Publisher Indicated [Institute of French Studies, Columbia University]
- Date Published
- 1925
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