H.L. Mencken. Supplement One. First edition, third printing. Dust Jacket: Very Good. A price-clipped jacket. The jacket has a lot of wear and foxing. Hardcover: Very Good+ New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. No writing or markings in the book, 739 pp.
An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States. Mencken's work was originally published in 1919 with a publication run of 1500.
Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, critic, and scholar of American English. Mencken's work, originally published in 1919, was a book about the English language as spoken in the United States. The first edition had a publication run of 1500.
*note: We also have supplement two as well as a third book. DM us if interested. We will sell two or the set at a discount.
