NMLP P-045627 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The American Language

H. L. Mencken · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1919

True first: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1919 (full title 'The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States'), limited to 1,500 numbered copies

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-045627 for "The American Language" by H. L. Mencken (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045627, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).