Reminiscences of Alfred A. Knopf : oral history, 1961.

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Reminiscences of Alfred A. Knopf : oral history, 1961.

Early life in New York, N.Y.; Columbia College; years with Doubleday, Page & Co. and Mitchell Kennerley; founding of own firm, 1915; notable early publications; Anthony Comstock and other book censors; H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan, and the AMERICAN MERCURY; book design; growth of the firm; vignettes of Charles A. Beard, Willa Cather, Clarence Day, Joseph Hergesheimer, Thomas Mann, Katherine Mansfield, and others.

Transcript: 325 leaves.

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