LARS PORSENA; Or, the future of swearing and improper language
by GRAVES, Robert
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- first
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1927. Second edition, revised (three months after first edition). 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'').
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41645
- Title
- LARS PORSENA; Or, the future of swearing and improper language
- Author
- GRAVES, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition, revised (three months after first edition)
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.