Rodgers Marion Editor (16 results)

paperback. Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the editor.

Thick Trade PB. Condition: Fine+. First Edition; First Printing. Book Very Fine, square, tight, clean. NO notes, no underlining, no markings of ANY kind. Slight edge toning only defect. ; Thick 8vo; 707 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 707 pp., lx. '1' in number line; ' $15.00 ' price on rear cover. Following Gore Vidal's Foreword and Introductory material, Contents divided into 28 Sections: [I] "Reflections on Journalism"; [II] "On Being An American"; [III] "Triumph of Democracy"; [IV] "The American Scene"; [V] "The Home of the Crab"; [VI] "A Panorama of Patriots"; [VII] "Meditations on the Fair [Sex]"; [VIII] "The Dark [Negro] American"; [IX] "On Babbitts"; [X] "National Conventions" [sections by year: 1904, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948] ; [XI] "Lame Ducks"; [XII] "The Men Who Rule Us"; [XIII] "How Legends are Made"; [XIV] "Thoughts on Eating"; [XV] "Music"; [XVI] "The American Language"; [XVII] "The National Letters"; [XVIII] "On Literary Gents" [MarkTwain, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allen Poe, James Huneker, Joseph Conrad, Sherwood Anderson, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser]; [XIX] "Notice to Neglected Geniuses"; [XX] "The Book Trade"; [XXI] "Critics and Their Ways"; [XXII] "A Glance at Pedagogics"; [XXIII] "The Scopes Trial"; [XXIV] "The Believing Mind"; [XXV] "Reflections on War"; [XXVI] "Across the Border"; [XXVII] "Below the Rio Grande"; [XXVIII] "From the Note-Book of an American"; Acknowledgments, pp. 684-685; Notes to the Introduction, pp. 686-690; Index, pp. 691-707. Red and silver borders on front cover, around front cover centerpiece of political caricature by David Levine of Mencken in white shirt, tie, and striped (suspendered) trousers, with sardonic smile, smoking a large cigar. Soft diagonal creases at bottom right ffep/half-title page and vignette page; light age-toning to edges and pages (NO impact on text), else unqualifiedly Fine: Tight binding (NO creases, despite thick spine); sharp corners (NO bumps); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Solid copy, the way to read this Classic Journalist, Editor of The American Mercury (1924), Political Satirist, Humorist, erstwhile "Critic of the Oligarchy" [present day Mercury, online magazine]. Splendid gift, regardless of recipient's political dissuasion. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Very good to fine with very good to fine dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are very lightly bumped at spine tips and top corners. 551 pages with index and a few text illustrations plus a twelve page section of illustrations.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

8vo. x 551 pages with index and appendixes. Fine in a fine dustjacket.

13658 RODGERS, MARION ELIZABETH (EDITOR) - MENCKEN AND SARA - A LIFE IN LETTERS - THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF H.L. MENCKEN AND SARA HAARDT - 1987 FIRST EDITION - 551 PP - HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET - GOOD CONDITION (BS-505).

Paper. Condition: Good. Very good paperback copy. Unread. ix, 551 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 624 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 656 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. expanded edition. 750 pages. 7.50x4.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First printing of this edition. Two volumes in dust jackets and slipcase. Both volumes, both dust jackets and the slipcase are in fine condition. Unread. Volume one is signed on the title-page by Marion Rodgers. Signed by the editor.