Book club edition. In green covers with titling in gilt on spine. With prev. owner's bookplate on ffep; foxing at textblock edges. Dust jacket bright, but with no shortage of tears and chipping at corners; sizeable missing chunk at tail of spine. An assemblage of some of the finest articles as published by the now-defunct American Mercury magazine, published by H.L. Mencken. Articles by the likes of Mencken, Saroyan, Thomas Wolfe, Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis and many more. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages.

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Title

The American Mercury Reader A Selection of Distinguished Articles, Stories and Poems Published in the American Mercury During the Past Twenty Years

Publisher

Blakiston Company, Philadelphia

Publication Date

1944

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Fair

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YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND MY PROMISE: Bluebird Books is an independent, internet-based bookseller in metro Denver, Colorado (USA) and operated by me, Eric Mayer. I am proud to be a member of both the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). I imagine that you expect to be getting a quality item which has been accurately described, carefully packed, and promptly shipped to you. That is also my promise to you.

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