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1	Mencken Chrestomathy more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist see all copies from £7.78! new only from £9.60! \| first editions
2	Treatise on the Gods more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist Mencken examines religion everywhere, from the myths of Egypt to the traditional beliefs of America's Bible Belt. He examines doctrines, dogmas, sacred texts, heresies, and ceremonies. Controversial even before it was published in 1930, "Treatise on the Gods" remains what its author wished it to be: the plain, clear challenge of honest doubt. see all copies from £8.21! new only from £16.51! \| first editions
3	American Language more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist Famed editor H. L. Menken's exhaustive study of the American language and how it became distinctly its own was originally published in 1919. Mencken himself supplemented it in the 1940s. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £24.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	A Religious Orgy in Tennessee: A Reporter's Account of the Scopes Monkey Trial more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist "The native American Voltaire, the enemy of all puritans, the heretic in the Sunday school, the one-man demolition crew of the genteel tradition." -Alistair Cooke on H.L. Mencken Fiercely intelligent, scathingly honest, and hysterically funny, H.L. Mencken's coverage of the Scopes Monkey Trial so galvanized the nation that it eventually inspired ... see all copies from £8.74! new only from £8.74!
5	Prejudices: A Selection more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist Here is Mencken at his hyperbolic best-from his thundering blows against politics, through his piercing deflations of pious reputations, to his tireless fusillades against the American plutocracy. He tallies the dubious merits of farmers, professors, economists, congressmen, and preachers. He calculates the displeasures of living in California-and ... see all copies from £6.19! new only from £15.77! \| first editions
6	Newspaper Days: 1899-1906 more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist In the second volume of his autobiographical writings, H. L. Mencken recalls his early years as a reporter. On January 16, 1899, Mencken applied for a job with the Baltimore Morning Herald, much to the editor's amusement. But Mencken persisted, and came back to the offices night after night until finally, in February, the editor sent him out into ... see all copies from £10.87! new only from £20.20! \| first editions
7	American Language Supplement 1 more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist This exhaustive study of the American landscape and how it became distinctly its own, originally written by famed editor H. L. Mencken in 1919, was supplemented by Mencken himself in the mid-'40s. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £23.40! \| first editions
8	A Second Mencken Chrestomathy more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist "Chrestomathy", from the Greek for "useful learning", is defined as a selection of choice literary passages by one author. The material which eventually made it into Mencken's second chrestomathy was discovered by Mencken's biographer Teachout in 1992, after more than 30 years in storage, and is filled with the trademark common sense and barbed ... see all copies from £9.39! new only from £65.61! \| first editions
9	The Diary 0f H.L. Mencken more books like this by Professor H L Mencken, Charles A Fecher (Editor) add to wishlist As a contributor to the Baltimore Sun and The American Mercury and as the author of many important books, Mencken is an American icon. Here, Mencken has created a searing, unvarnished self-portrait of himself and his friends and acquaintances. 8-page photo insert. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.43! \| first editions
10	Heathen Days: 1890-1936 more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist In the third volume of his autobiography, H.L. Mencken looks back on his life and declares it "very busy and excessively pleasant". He imparts the impressive education he recieved from Hoggie Unglebower, the best dog trainer in Christendom, and the survival techniques he employed at Baltimore Polytechnic, where he learned to protect his fingers ... see all copies from £6.19! new only from £14.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	H.L. Mencken on American Literature more books like this by Professor H L Mencken, S T Joshi (Editor) add to wishlist H. L. Mencken was one of the leading literary, social, and cultural critics of the 1910s, '20s, and '30s. However, very few of his literary reviews have been reprinted in any form prior to their appearance in this volume. H. L. Mencken on American Literature presents a comprehensive selection of Mencken's reviews of the leading American writers of ... see all copies from £6.27! new only from £8.04! \| first editions
12	The Impossible H L. Mencken more books like this by Professor H L Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.70! new only from £28.15! \| first editions
13 view cover	A Little Book in C Major by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist A Splendid Basket Of Ripe One-Liners From America's Champion Of Wit And Cleared-Eyed Opinionists. see all copies from £6.41! new only from £6.41! \| first editions
14	Prejudices: Fifth Series more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist see all copies from £29.09! signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Minority Report more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist In 1956 Mencken could look back on a long and distinguished career that included years at the top of his profession, the publication of three volumes of memoirs, and a steady stream of journalism that made him loved and hated, sometimes by the same person. For "Minority Report", he read through his notebooks, extracting those pieces he thought ... see all copies from £7.40! new only from £15.77! \| first editions
16 view cover	Prejudices: Third Series more books like this by H L Mencken add to wishlist He was one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century, and the six collections of his essays and reviews published between 1919 and 1927 as his Prejudices are among his most entertaining reading. American satirist and critic HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN (1880-1956) believed that criticism rose to the level of art when it was used as a ... see all copies from £13.62! new only from £15.57! \| first editions
17 view cover	Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work: A Memoir by H. L. Mencken more books like this by Professor H L Mencken, Professor Vincent Fitzpatrick (Editor), Professor Bradford Jacobs (Editor) add to wishlist Taken from one of the last files from Mencken's papers to be opened to the public, "Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work" is a one-volume edition of highlights from the manuscript written in 1941-1942, and given to the Enoch Pratt Free Library under time-lock upon Mencken's death in 1956. In it, Mencken recalls his years as a reporter and editorial ... see all copies from £6.60! new only from £13.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	Mencken and Sara: A Life in Letters: The Private Correspondence of H.L. Mencken and Sara Haardt more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £12.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
19	Fante/Mencken: John Fante and H.L. Mencken: A Personal Correspondence, 1930-1952 more books like this by John Fante, Michael Moreau (Editor), Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist see all copies from £16.31! new only from £106.45!
20 view cover	On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist "Has the art of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to be unqualifiedly ratty, raffish, sordid, obscene, and low down, and its salient virtuousi a gang of unmitigated scoundrels? Then let us not forget its high capacity to soothe and tickle the midriff, its incomparable services as a maker of entertainment."---from 'On Politics' With a ... see all copies from £7.86! new only from £15.77!
21 view cover	Mencken's America more books like this by Professor H L Mencken, S T Joshi (Editor) add to wishlist Famous as a political, social and cultural gadfly, journalist and essayist H.L. Mencken was unafraid to speak his mind on controversial topics and to express his views in a deliberately provocative manner. This is a collection of work previously only published in newspapers and magazines. see all copies from £9.88! new only from £14.68! \| first editions
22 view cover	The American Democrat more books like this by Albert Jay Nock, Charles H Hamilton (Editor), Professor H L Mencken (Introduction by) add to wishlist When "The American Democrat" was first published in 1838, Cooper's position as America's first major novelist obscured his serious contribution to the discussion of American principles and politics. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.40!
23 view cover	Prejudices more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist see all copies from £8.36! new only from £12.02! \| first editions
24	Ich Kuss Die Hand: The Letters of H. L. Mencken to Gretchen Hood more books like this by Peter Dowell (Editor), Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist see all copies from £6.19! new only from £15.17! \| first editions
25	The Bathtub Hoax, and Other Blasts & Bravos from the Chicago Tribune more books like this by Professor H L Mencken add to wishlist see all copies from £8.22! new only from £27.44! \| first editions

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