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[4 items] Books by HL Mencken, consisting of: In Defense of Women, Knopf, New York, 191924 (5th printing); Treatise on the Gods, Knopf, 1930; Heathen Days, Knopf, 1943 (1st ed); The American Language, Knopf, 1937 (4th ed, later printing; typed letter from Mencken, requesting a copy of the WPA Guide to Tennessee, signed by the author).

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Fair to good; wear and staining.

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Mencken HL Four Books Signed Letter

Name: Mencken HL Four Books Signed Letter
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