Books and Pamphlets by H.L. Mencken

1905

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW; HIS PLAYS. Boston, J.W. Luce, 1905. xxix, 107 p.
"The first book published on Shaw" - Frey.

1912

THE ARTIST, A DRAMA WITHOUT WORDS. Boston, J.W.Luce, 1912. 33 p.

1916

A BOOK OF BURLESQUES (OPUS 12). New York, J. Lane, 1916. 253 p.

THE CREED OF A NOVELIST. New York, 1916. 16 p.
"H.L.M.'s review of Dreiser's A Hoosier Holiday, issued by John Lane Co. to advertise the book. The pamphlet is enclosed in a replica of the book jacket." - Adler.

1917

A BOOK OF PREFACES (OPUS 13). New York, Knopf, 1917. 283 p.
Contents: Joseph Conrad; Theodore Dreiser; James Huneker; Puritanism as a Literary Force.

- - - - - . 4th ed. London, J. Cape, 1922. 288 p.
Based on 4th printing of 3d edition. - Adler.

1918

DAMN! A BOOK OF CALUMNY. New York, Philip Goodman, 1918. 103 p.

IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN. New York, Knopf, 1928. 210 p.
First published 1918; this is eleventh printing of revised edition of 1922.

1919

THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE; A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States. New York, Knopf, 1919. x, 374 p.
Copy no.540 of first edition limited to 1500 copies.

- - - - - . 3d edition revised and enlarged. New York, Knopf, 1923. 489 p.

- - - - -. Die Amerikanische Sprache (Des Englisch der Vereinigten Staaten). Deutsche Bearbeitung von Heinrich Spies.Leipzig, Teubner, 1927. ix, 489 p. port.

Based on 3d edition, 1923.

- - - - - . 4th edition corrected, enlarged, and rewritten. New York, Knopf, 1936. xi, 769, xxix p,

- -- - - - - - - - . Supplement I. New York, Knopf, 1948. xv, 739, xxxv p.

Published 1945; this is 4th printing.

- - - - - - - - - - . Supplement II. New York, Knopf, 1948. xiii, 890, xliii p.

- - - - - . 4th edition. New York, Knopf, 1960. xi, 769, xxix p.

Published 1936; this is 15th printing.

- - - - - - - - - - . Supplement I. New York, Knopf, 1962. xv,739, xxxv p.

Published 1945; this is 9th printing.

- -- - - - - - - - - . Supplement II. New York, Knopf, 1962. xiii, 890, xliii p.

Published 1948; this is 6th printing.

1919

PREJUDICES: FIRST SERIES. New York, Knopf, 1923. 254 p. (Borzoi Pocket Books)

First published in 1919.

1920

PREJUDICES: SECOND SERIES. New York, Knopf, 1920. 254 p. - . New York, Knopf, 1923. 328 p.

Published 1920; this is fourth printing.

1921

A PERSONAL WORD. [1921] 14 p.

"Description of editorial and business organization of THE SMART SET. It was an attempt to boost circulation, but only resulted in bringing in twenty new ones." - Adler.

1922

PREJUDICES: THIRD SERIES. New York, Knopf, 1922. 328 p.

- -- - -. New York, Knopf, 1923. 328 p.

Published Oct. 1922; this is third printing.

1924

PREJUDICES: FOURTH SERIES. New York, Knopf, 1924. 305 p.

1926

NOTES ON DEMOCRACY. New York, Knopf, 1926. v, 212 p.

PREJUDICES: FIFTH SERIES. New York, Knopf, 1926. 307 p.

1927

JAMES BRANCH CABELL. New York, McBride, 1927. 32 p. port., facsim.

PREJUDICES: SIXTH SERIES. New York, Knopf, 1927. 317 p.

SELECTED PREJUDICES. New York, Knopf, 1927. 166 p.

1929

PREJUGES; Traduction et notes de Regis Michaud. Paris, Boivin, 1929. xix, 296 p. front. (port.) (Ecrivains et Penseurs Americains)

"Mainly selections from Prejudices, with a few selections from NOTES ON DEMOCRACY, A BOOK OF PREFACES and IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN." - Adler.

1930

TREATISE ON THE GODS. New York, London, Knopf, 1930. ix, 363, xii p.

1932

MAKING A PRESIDENT; a Footnote to the Saga of Democracy. New York, Knopf, 1932. 185 p.

1940

HAPPY DAYS, 1880-1892. New York, Knopf, 1940. xi, 313 p. front. (port.)

1941

NEWSPAPER DAYS, 1899-1906. New York, Knopf, 1941. xi, 313 p. front. (port.)

1943

HEATHEN DAYS, 1890-1936. New York, Knopf, 1943. x, 299 p. front. (port.)

1946

CHRISTMAS STORY, illustated by Bill Crawford. New York, Knopf, 1946. 31 p. illus. (part col.)

"Reprint of "Stare Decisis," New Yorker 20: 17-21, Dec. 30, 1944. Published in Toronto by the Ryerson Press." - Adler.

1947

THE DAYS OF H. L. MENCKEN: Happy Days, Newspaper Days, Heathen Days. New York, Knopf, 1947. 313, 313, 299 p. ports

1949

A MENCKEN CHRESTOMATHY, edited and annotated by the author. New York, Knopf, 1949. 627 p.

1956

MINORITY REPORT: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks. New York, Knopf, 1956.293 p.

1958

THE BATHTUB HOAX AND OTHER BLASTS & BRAVOS FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, by H.L. Mencken, edited, with an introduction and notes by Robert McHugh. New York, Knopf, 1958. 286 p.

"Reprint of fifty-four columns from the Chicago Tribune, 1924-1927." - Adler.