Equal parts history and absurdity, this tongue-in-cheek treatise laments the decline of swearing and foul language in England and looks back with nostalgia at the glory days of oaths and blasphemies. Written when censorship in England was still in full sway, this was an impassionate defense of the foul-mouthed in literature and a resounding attack of hypocrisy and Puritanism.
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Equal parts history and absurdity, this tongue-in-cheek treatise laments the decline of swearing and foul language in England and looks back with nostalgia at the glory days of oaths and blasphemies. Written when censorship in England was still in full sway, this was an impassionate defense of the foul-mouthed in literature and a resounding attack of hypocrisy and Puritanism.
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Add this copy of Lars Porsena, Or, the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $32.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by E. P. Dutton.
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Very Good + First American edition, 1927. Red cloth 12mo, 77pp. VG+ with light soil to cover label, mild offsetting to endpapers. Contents are clean and unmarked. A very nice copy.
Add this copy of Lars Porsena Or the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $36.83, Sold by Anthony C. Hall rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Isleworth, MIDDX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1927.
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1927
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1927
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17214254978
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(To-day and To-morrow Series). 94pp 12mo Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London (1927). Covers sllightly marked, without dust jacket.
Add this copy of Lars Porsena to cart. $43.00, like new condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1972 by Martin Brian & O'Keefe.
Add this copy of Lars Porsena, Or the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $125.00, like new condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Martin Brian & O'Keefe.
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Fine in fine jacket. Small 8vo, blue cloth; acetate dust wrapper. London: Martin Brian & O'Keefe, (1972). Limited Edition. Reprint of the 1927 edition with a new Foreword by the author. One of only 100 signed copies. Fine copy, lacking the publisher's slipcase.
Add this copy of Lars Porsena Or the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $203.00, very good condition, Sold by Aquila Books, ships from Calgary, AB, CANADA, published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
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Near fine. 94 + 15pp cataloguepp. 12mo. Original maroon paper; cream title label, the same to spine. Crown and foot slightly rubbed; corners similar. Boards slightly spotted from damp. Printed dust jacket, unclipped; small stain to spine, crown and foot slightly chipped, small chip to upper corner of front panel. Printed on rag paper; un-illustrated. Textblock clean and tight; a very bright copy. near fine A satirical essay discussing the use of obscenity in writing. The author contests the censoring of Joyce's "Ulysses" which was banned as obscene for its use of crude language and sexuality. An amusing little edition; sharply critical. Scarce in jacket of this condition.
