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- H L Mencken Writes
- to Famed Author and
Historian Lewis Mumford
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- MENCKEN, Henry Louis 'H.L.' (1880-1950). American Literary Critic, Journalist, and Essayist.
Good Content Typed Letter Signed to the famed writer,
urban historian and philosopher, Lewis Mumford (1895-1990), one
page, oblong octavo, on personal "H.L. Mencken 1524 Hollins
St. Baltimore.", letterhead, dated July 24, 1942.
With his trademark wit, Mencken laments to Mumford on aging,
infirmary, and a work in progress. Reads in part:
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- "…Like you, I am tempted
to bust into sobs whenever I think of the books I'll never write.
There are two in particular, that I have been toying with for
twenty or twenty-five years. It now becomes obvious that I'll
never finish them, but I'll probably keep on monkeying with them
until the end of the chapter, for I am quite incapable of giving
them up formally… Sincerely yours, H Louis Mencken".
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- Normal folds, wear, aging. Very fine.
$395.00
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