Pages dactylographiées uniques, intro au livre classique, vendu probablement de H.L. Mencken

Amid the collection of his old books was this -- the typewritten introduction (on an age toned 5.5 x 8.5 pieces of paper) to the Memorial Edition of Theodore Dreisers famous novel "An American Tragedy". The last page of the introduction ended with H.L. Mencken. It is a great image to think that H.L.Mencken himself, cigar in mouth, might have spit out these words on his typewriter. The one caveat to this is it has not been authenticated. Life gets in the way, and I simply have not had the time nor the overall ambition to travel to institutions who may (or may not) know for sure if these are the actual pages Mencken typed. Instead, I am presenting them all in this listing for all to see. Along with the pages, the listing includes a copy of the Memorial Edition of "An American Tragedy" so that you can compare some of it. (Intro on the typewritten pages is the same as in the book) I believe this is right from the typewriter of Mencken , but cannot be certain. Perhaps it is the work of a secretary or editor, and the winner of this auction can start their own quest to figure out themselves whether Mencken actually touched these papers or not. In any case, the age toning on the papers would certainly suggest that it was from the time period that Mencken wrote it.

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