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. $28.33, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1972 by Martin Brian & O'Keeffe.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 250grams, ISBN: 085616030X.
Add this copy of Lars Porsena, Or, the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $30.00, 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. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Martin Brian & O'Keefe.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition thus with new introduction by Graves. 12mo. 68pp. Brown cloth. Contemporary owner signature and date on front fly, light rubbing at the spine ends, near fine in a price-clipped, about near fine dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine.
Add this copy of Lars Porsena Or the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $35.54, Sold by Anthony C. Hall rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Isleworth, MIDDX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1927.
Edition:
1927
Hardcover
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Published:
1927
Alibris ID:
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. $41.00, 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: on the Future of Swearing (Oneworld to cart. $56.11, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Oneworld Classics.
Add this copy of Lars Porsena; Or, the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $57.00, Sold by Second Life Books Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lanesborough, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner.
Edition:
1927, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner
Hardcover
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Edition:
Second edition, revised (three months after first edition)
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Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner
Published:
1927
Alibris ID:
14641915219
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12mo, pp. 94, 16. Paper over boards, paper labels. Cover worn, interior very slightly foxed at ends, but o/w tight. An essay on the decline of standards in what Graves considers an art form. Concludes with a robust defence of Joyce's "Ulysses" (''perhaps the least obscene book ever published'').
Add this copy of Lars Porsena; : Or, the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $76.57, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Martin Brian and O'Keefe Ltd.
Add this copy of Lars Porsena Or the Future of Swearing and Improper to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by Appledore Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waccabuc, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
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Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. A very solid copy of the 1927 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (faint, small former owner name and date at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling to the front panel and one very small, neat cut the shape of a diamond along the foot of the spine. 16mo, 94 pgs. plus an entertaining glossary of books published by Kegan Paul as part of their "To-Day and To-Morrow" series.
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 4.0 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.
