[Rarebooks] FS: Tribute to Alfred Knopf SIGNED by 31 including H. L. Mencken, Carl Van Vechten, Whitney Darrow, Knopf, etc., price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Sat Nov 3 12:29:01 EDT 2012
Price reduced: Was $500, Now $350
[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 the 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 the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, as
issued. (#012944) $350.00
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