Selected Prejudices (74 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo, blue cloth, spine patterned in black and gold. Spine faded, head and tail frayed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 256pp with publishers catalogue at rear. blue cloth. spine faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Some shelf wear. Pages/boards clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Modern Library Edition. Essays "taken from the first five volumes of [Mencken's] series of 'Prejudices', begun in 1919". Cover is quite faded, is stained along the spine edge; front inner hinge is cracked. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1930. First edition thus. 166 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated First Edition. A Good copy. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, soiling to covers, sunning to spine & covers, ink stamp on outer text block edge, a gift inscription & former owner's stamp on half title, & toning to pages. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, & tight. 12mo.

Condition: Good. 1926. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo in blue cloth, spine title in gilt. Binding tight and square although the front hinge is cracked, spine sunned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green 1927 Knopf hardcover with only slight wear, and a few other blemishes: pages age-yellowed with slight edge foxing, name on front endpaper with a watermark on the lower corner, otherwise unmarked. 166 pages. No frontispiece, with list of Mencken's works opposite the title page. Without DJ. Decorated spine (gilt and black). [11oz]. Book.

Later printing. Stamp ffep, inked name ffep verso, toned spine, near fine. Flexible red-orange cloth, no dust jacket.

Condition: Good. 1934. Reprint. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Heavy tanning and notable foxing to endpapers. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild water stains and droplets to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Condition: Good. The Travellers' Library, list at back. Essays on a wide range of subjects, including the arts, ideas, love, types of men, women, government, etc. Spines, endpapers darkened, some spotting to covers. Mencken, 1880-1956, was an American editor & critic and co-founder of The American Mercury. He was known for his vitriolic attacks on nearly every social, political, and religious group of his day, but some of his skillful satire would be considered intolerant or bigoted by today's standards. Hardcover, blue cloth baords, gilt-stamped spines.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 166 pp, some edgwear and fading to cloth with light age toning to pages, previous owners name & date on ffep, else a clean and very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Modern Library Edition. Text is clean. Green balloon cloth shows normal wear. States First Modern Library Printing, 1930. This title in print with Modern Library from 1930-1935.; Toledano binding style '5', Kent endpapers. ; The Modern Library; Vol. 107.2; 166 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. First Edition. New York, 1927. Green cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges and covers worn; spine is sun faded/discolored; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Endpapers and pages toning; no internal markings; 166 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Series: Traveller's Library 223p small format, blue cloth, traveller dsign to spine a little dull, a fresh copy with gift inscription, frst printing in the series Language: English.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Blue paper covers with black lettering on the front and spine. Illustration of a dachshund on the front cover. Title and copyright pages dated 1990. 139 pages. Very good condition. Shrink wrapped, presumed new.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Blue paper covers with black lettering on the front and spine. Title and copyright pages dated 1990. 139 pages. Very good condition. Shrink wrapped, presumed new.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Blue paper covers with black lettering on the front and spine. Title and copyright pages dated 1990. 139 pages. Very good condition. Front cover is slightly faded along the bottom edge; some light soiling to the rear cover. Binding is stiff; pages are bright and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. Red Cloth Bound By H. Wolff, No Dj. Modern Library First Edition Stated On Copyright Page. Title In Gilt On Spine (Sunned) 166 Pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Green cloth, faded at the edges, lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound with a green top stain, clean internally. A wide-ranging collection of Mencken's essays and reviews that had been previously published in various newspapers and literary magazines.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Stamped on page edges and inside. (American literature, history, criticism, essays).

Tapa dura. Condition: Excelente. EXELENTE ejemplar. En Inglés. 255pp + 1h.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth Hardcover, gold lettering and logo on spine. Not ex. library. 256 pages, plus adverts. Tanning on front endpaper. Contents clean, tight and bright. The Traveller's Library. Book.

hardback, small 8vo, 256pp, owner's name on endpaper, page edges browning, text clean and binding sound, blue cloth, gilt decorated spine, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper.