MENCKEN, H. L. (HENRY LOUIS ) — Christmas Story

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Bill Crawford. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is a First Edition with a 2nd state dust jacket. (with the rear illustration of Menchen complete, including the glasses). This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning fading to the very edges of the book covers, along with some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the reverse of the front endpaper (Ralph D. Hartman). The dust jacket has some light edge wear, rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners. "He says that it is full of psychology, sociology, theology (both moral and dogmatic) , ethics, aesthetics, economics, penology, psychiatry and sex appeal." "Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was a German-American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century. As a scholar Mencken is known for The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States.". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .