^#605 ^Lot 633 H. L. Mencken

Popular and influential American author and journalist (1880–1956) best known for his satirical pieces that took aim at contemporary American society. Signed book: Notes on Democracy. Limited first edition of 235 copies (This being No. 84). NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.5, 212 pages. Signed on the limitations in black ink. Sunning to spine and tops of boards. Slipcase shows scattered toning and soiling, a couple pencil notations, some surface loss along edges, as well as a partial crack and separation to one edge, otherwise very good condition.