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H.L. Mencken Treatise on the Gods Ltd. Edn.

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Description

Heading:
Author: Mencken, H.L.
Title: Treatise on the Gods
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1930
Description:

ix, [5], 364, xii pp. 9x6, original blue vellum boards, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, top edge gilt, dust jacket, publisher's slipcase. No. 242 of 375 copies. First Edition.

Signed by Mencken on the limitation page, as issued.

Condition

Slipcase faded and lightly worn; jacket browned and lacking a large piece from spine; volume fine.

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