Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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MENCKEN, Henry Louis (1880?1956). Type letter signed (?H.L. Mencken?) to Mr. Andrea, 26 February 1929. One page, 8vo (214 x 133 mm), on The American Mercury letterhead, creased. Mencken, along with George Jean Nathan, founded The American Mercury in 1924, which ?fostered the most rebellious and lively in current literature and drama? (The New Columbia Encyclopedia). Framed and matted with mounted captions.