Dreiser - Mencken Letters. The Correspondence of Theodore Dreiser and H.L. Mencken 1907-1945.; Edited by Thomas P. Riggio
Philadelphia: University Press of Pennsylvania, (1986). First edition. Two volumes, cloth, as new in dust jackets. More
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The American Language. A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States.
New York: Knopf, 1962. Fourth edition revised and enlarged, 16th printing. Black cloth, fine copy in lightly worn dust jacket. More
The Artist. A drama without words
Boston: John W. Luce, 1912 [1923]. First edition, third printing. Original wrappers over boards, with cover label. Edges of wrapper with a small chip and a small tear. Very good. Sxhrader A 9.1.c. More
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A Book of Burlesques
New York: John Lane, 1916. First edition. Red cloth, fine in the rare dust jacket. Schrader's binding "a". The Frederick Schiff copy, with bookplate. Only 789 copies of the edition were sold. Schrader A 14.1.a. More
A Book of Burlesques
New York: Knopf, (1920). Second edition, first printing, first state. Blue cloth, rubbed, faded; else very good. With Ira Gershwin's initials on front endpaper. Schrader A 14.2.a. More
A Book of Prefaces
New York: Knopf, 1917. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Paperclip rustmarks affect title page, but a very good copy, with the bookplate of poet Louis Untermeyer. Schrader A 16.1.a, binding a. More
Christmas Story. Illustrations by Bill Crawford.
New York: Knopf, 1946. Tan cloth, fine in dust jacket. Presumed second printing. Schrader A 57.1.b. More
The Gist of Nietzsche
Boston: John W. Luce, 1910. First edition. Original maroon cloth, paper spine and cover labels. Ownership stamp on front endpaper, otherwise a fine, fresh copy, in the uncommon plain glassine dust jacket as issued. The glassine is slightly worn. Schrader A 6.1.a. More
The Gist of Nietzsche
Boston: John W. Luce, 1910. First edition. Original maroon cloth, paper spine and cover labels, not issued in printed dust jacket. Spine label chipped, darkened. Schrader A 6.1.a. More
Happy Days 1880-1892
New York: Knopf, 1940. First edition. Review copy, bound in the dust jacket as wrappers, attached at the spine. Stamped "Sample Copy" on the top edge, review slip laid in. Very good. Schrader A 49.1.a. More
Heathen Days 1890-1936
New York: Knopf, 1943. First edition. Spine darkened, very good copy in later printing dust jacket. Schrader A 54.1. More
James Branch Cabell
New York: McBride, 1927. First edition. Blue wrappers, nice copy. Schrader A35.1.b. More
Letters of H.L. Mencken.; Selected and annotated by Guy C. Forgue
New York: Knopf, 1961. First edition. Blue cloth, very good in dust jacket . Schrader A 65.1.a. More
The Mating Game and how to play it.; Edited by C. Merton Babcock. Ilustrations by Charles Saxon
Kansas City: Hallmark, (1974). Saxon, Charles. First edition. Boards, fine in lightly worn dust jacket. Schrader AA 11. More
Mencken's Last Campaign.; H.L. Mencken on the 1948 election. Edited with an introduction by Joseph C. Goulden
Washington, D.C. The New Republic Book Company, (1976). First edition. Blue cloth, fine in dust jacket (price inked out). Schrader A 72.1.a. More
Menckeniana: A Schimpflexion.
New York: Knopf, 1928. 1928. First edition. First trade printing. Original orange cloth, a fine copy in the scarce printed cellophane dust jacket (missing about half of the sides and most of the spine (both unprinted); the printed inner flaps are intact, although lacking a small chip. Schrader A37.1.c. More
My Life as Author and Editor.; Edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Yardley
New York: Knopf, 1993. First edition. Green printed wrappers, fine. Uncorrected proof copy. More
On Being an American and Other Essays.; Edited and annotated by Shigehisa Narita. Selected and introduced by Cinna
Tokyo: Kenkyusha, (1973). First edition. Original wrappers and dust jacket. Fine. Signed by Cinna, and inscribed in Japanese. Schrader AA10. More
Prejudices. Second Series
New York: Knopf, 1920. First edition. Original blue cloth, spine dulled as usual. Very good. One of a very small number of copies (Merle Johnson says "a few," Schrader suggests 25) issued with all edges untrimmed and signed by Mencken on the front endpaper. This collection contains Mencken's famous critique..... More
Prejudices: Fourth Series
London: Cape, (1925). First English edition (fourth trade printing, English issue). Yellow cloth, soiled. Schrader A29.1.e.ii; the sheets of the US edition, with a cancel title page. More
Supplement Two. The American Language.
New York: Knopf, 1948. First edition. Black cloth, fine in price-clipped dust jacket, jacket spine slightly tanned. More
Treatise on Right and Wrong
New York: Knopf, 1934. First edition. Dark blue cloth, name on front pastedown, otherwise a fine copy in lightly used dust jacket (slightly tanned on the spine). Schrader A 44.1.a. More
What's Ahead for Books & Authors?
San Francisco: Roxburghe/Zamorano, 1972. First separate edition. Wrappers, fine. Schrader E 58. More
The American Mercury. July, 1932
New York: Knopf, 1932. First edition. Original wrappers, very good. More
Americana 1925
New York: Knopf, 1925. First American edition. Original black cloth, gilt, binding dull and spotted, copy in chipped dust jacket. Schrader A 30.2.a, binding B. More