[H.L. Mencken]; Louis Cheslock [ed.]

H.L. Mencken on Music [Signed by Cheslock]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Very Good + / Very Good +. Item #30192

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (21.7 cm), xvi, 222pp + iv index. Publisher’s black, blue, and white dust jacket with author photo on the back and price intact ($4.50). Boards full bound in blue cloth with gilt stamping on the spine and blind stamping on the front and back. Red top stain. Fore-edge and bottom edge deckled. Ten (10) plates, including frontispiece, all present. Dust jacket lightly soiled and toned, with some foxing to the front cover. Bumping to the margins and spine ends with some minor tears and creases. Verso toned significantly on the spine and joints with some foxing. Boards lightly soiled and bumped at the corners and spine ends. Top stain faded. Fore-edge toned; Endsheets toned. Pages clean. A Very Good or better copy in a Very Good or better dust jacket.

Signed and inscribed by Cheslock on the first free endsheet to Irving Carlyle, American lawyer and politician. A collection of journalist H. L. Mencken’s thoughts and writings on composers, performers, and music in general.

Price: $115.00