August mencken (20 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Like New. Item is in like new condition.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked with DJ in NF condition. BP/Trains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. First Edition. stated first. dj is price-clipped and in a mylar sleeve, shows minor wear and chipping. light foxing on edges.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. (history, railroad, passenger car) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Original gilt lettered burgundy cloth, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.

Zustand: Good. Original gilt lettered cloth, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Previous owner's name in Ink on inside front cover. ; The author, brother of H. L. Mencken, has sketched in the crime briefly and introduces his series of travelogues of the last mile with a compact history of hanging. Many of the accounts deserve a word for being competent if sometimes excited reporting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Clean text and interior. Tan boards with brown title on spine. Light chipping to edges of clipped dust jacket.

Zustand: Very Good. Hastings House New York 1942 grey cloth boards. binding tight. soiling to dust jacket. handsome copy.

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. Selected and Edited with an Introduction by August Mencken. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1938). First Edition (stated). 8vo. xx,334pp. Green cloth, blue letters. Book in fine condition, dj very good plus (few tiny tears, spine panel slightly soiled). 25 narratives - all but one in first person - written by first-class passengers from the advent of sails to when radio was first introduced. 25 illustrations.; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light brown cloth, xx, 264pp. Illustrated. Bruising to foot of spine, o/w very good in a very good but clipped d/w that is lightly worn. Mencken traces accounts of contemporary hangings dating back from the 1830s to the 1930s.…

Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (Ocean Travel, Literature Collections).

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Fading on the spine and edges else near fine. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. August Mencken, younger brother of the more famous H. L. Mencken, writes an intriguing book whose aim is to show how those who have been sentenced to death live through the hours until their time of execution. These fascinating case histories some well known such as that of President Garfield's assassin- span over two decades and reveal all the tense drama and implicit terror which surrounds the grim act of hanging. Book is in excellent condition. Pages are unusually uncut, intact, clean and with no notations or inscriptions, and uncreased. Cloth covers are clean and generally tight with the slightest give. The dust jacket is unclipped and complete with only just natural shelf wear and no major tears or creases. Reverse of the DJ is a 1942 calendar printing and advert for US bonds with the slogan 'by your buying you keep 'em flying', a nice period piece! Book has a transparent removable cover. 264 pp with B&W plates. See all photos.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Endpapers a trifle foxed, else fine in torn and nicked near very good unprinted glassine dustwrapper. Signed by Mencken on the copyright page. Mencken was a civil engineer and author, and the younger brother of H.L. Mencken.…

First Edition. First edition of each of the four volumes, all of which are in stiff, stapled paperwraps and in fine condition. THE FAIR CHANTEUSE: or Science is Here to Stay (1958; 28 pages). THE RELUCTANT BRIDE: A Romance (1960; 20 pages). THE GLAMOUROUS MRS. KITE (1962; 30 pages). THE HARMLESS QUESTION: And Other Stories (1966; 28 pages). By the younger brother of H. L. Mencken. Fine.…