THE SUNPAPERS OF BALTIMORE; 1837-1937.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First edition. History of the first hundred years of The Baltimore Sun and its offshoots, The Sunday Sun and The Evening Sun. Various periods in the papers' history are covered by Mencken, Gerald W. Johnson, Frank R. Kent, and Hamilton Owens but Mencken "acted as general editor of the volume and [was] responsible for the text" (jacket flap). Unrecorded variant binding in red cloth versus maroon. 8vo gilt-stamped red buckram; top edge red. Near fine. Lacking dust jacket.
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Price: $50.00
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