Lot 442

Mencken, H.L.





Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
£1,000
Description
A series of twenty typed lettera signed, to Miss Margaret Butcher, on the progress of World War II, conditions in England and Baltimore, thanking her for watercolours, and other subjects, with another ten letters to her by his secretary, 33 pages, oblong 8vo, with six envelopes, Baltimore, 31 May 1938 to 17 February 1956, also with an account of her visit to the USA and especially meeting Mencken in Baltimore, c.78 pages, manuscript and typescript, 1938, with related cuttings and photograph




