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H. L. MENCKEN. SELECTED PREJUDICES. 1930–1935. (ML 107)

198. First printing (1930)

Pp. [10], 1–166. [1–5]¹⁶ [6]⁸

[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1927, by ALFRED A. KNOPF | [short double rule] | First Modern Library Edition | 1930; [5] NOTE signed: H. L. M.; [6] blank; [7–8] CONTENTS; [9] fly title; [10] blank; 1–166 text.

Contents: High and Ghostly Matters – Bryan – Conrad – Beethoven – Three American Immortals – The Husbandman – The Politician – Totentanz – Birth Control – Lovely Letters – Portrait of an Immortal Soul – Types of Men – Memorial Service – On Living in Baltimore – Catechism.

Jacket: Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930).

Front flap:
The irrepressible H. L. Mencken cuts loose at his favorite bêtes noires with diabolical relish. He swings his bludgeon at matters divine and terrestrial, and, in passing, he thwacks the sit-spots of the respected and the revered, or bestows here and there an ungrudging accolade on the few who have attained the stature of titans. Prohibition, politics, pacifism, big business, beauty and birth control are among the targets for his shafts. In all, Selected Prejudices is a bristling and mordant commentary on the variegated world we live in. (Fall 1933)

Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. ML edition (pp. [5]–166) printed from Knopf plates. Publication announced for July 1930. WR 6 September 1930. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January1936.

The ML paid Knopf a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. The first printing was completed 2 July 1930; a second printing of 1,000 copies was ordered in September 1933.

Fall

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