3 vols.
Modern Belles Letters & Fiction: Nathan, Jean; Mencken, H.L. The American Credo. New York: Knopf, 1920. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. gilt-lettered black cloth; minor wear, d/j (slightly dusty, minor edge wear, some discoloration to endpapers). Presentation copy, inscribed to the California writer Herman Scheffauer, dated, "1920," & signed by H.L. Mencken on front free endpaper recto. * Williams, Ben Ames. Leave Her to Heaven. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1944. 1st ed., 12mo, orig. cloth; light edge wear, d/j (creased, head of spine chipped away). * Lockridge, Ross, Jr. Raintree County. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. cloth; joints scuffed, other light to moderate wear, d/j (creased & occasionally chipped - negligible loss to lettering or design elements). Presentation copy, inscribed & signed by Lockridge on 1/2 title. Author's first & only book.