[Rarebooks] FS: Tribute to Alfred A. Knopf SIGNED by 31 including H.L. Mencken, Whitney Darrow, etc.
Charles Agvent
agvent at erols.com
Fri Jan 5 11:02:34 EST 2007
[MENCKEN, H. L., et. al.]. ALFRED A. KNOPF. QUARTER CENTURY. n.p.:
[Plimpton Press] (1940). First Edition. Green cloth with paper labels
on the spine and front cover. Frontispiece portrait of Knopf by Carl
Van Vechten. Unstated limitation. A collection of tributes published
by a group of Knopf's friends called "The Book Table," including
Willa Cather, H. L. Mencken, Thomas Mann, and others. SIGNED on two
rear blanks by 31 members including Van Vechten, Mencken, cartoonist
Whitney Darrow, Frederic Melcher, Carl Van Doren, Alfred Knopf, Elmer
Adler, and others. Some sunning to spine. Near Fine in Near Fine
slipcase, as issued. $500.00
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