Lars Porsena Future Swearing Improper by Graves Robert (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second Edition (Revised) April 1927. Very light edge wear. Only slight signs of use. Very Good Hardback.

Sixth Impression. Condition: good. good 1st edition 6th impression (1931) Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd 1927 edition hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. London. 1929. Fifth impression, enlarged. Small 8vo hardback NO DW. Deep maroon boards, with paper label piece to front board and to spine. Worn along extremities, faded and very rubbed to spine. Endpapers browned, prelims foxed otherwise a clean and sound copy of a very amusing book.

small 8vo. dark red/purple cloth. paper labels. 94 pp. a nice clean copy excepting some very light rubbing on the very edges of the spine.

Hardback. (To-day and To-morrow Series). 94pp 12mo Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London (1927). Covers sllightly marked, without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st U.S. edition. Good hardcover, no DJ. Blue cloth over boards with paper labels on front cover and spine, black titles. Clean, scuffed covers and spine; some fading of rear cover and on spine; tightly bound; owner name on front free end paper; clean interior with some general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 18mo (16 cm), 77 pp.

First edition first issue, duodecimo, maroon boards, cream title labels with black lettering mounted to spine & front board, 94pp + 15pp book adverts, VG+ (light tanning to spine label & page edges).

Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 6th Impression. Dust jacket: Slight loss to ends of spine and corners. Short tear lower edge of front cover. A little light marking. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Expanded sixth impression. Brown paper covered boards with paper title label to front board and spine. Slightly rubbed to ends of spine and corners of boards. Heavy foxing to page edges and endpapers. Scattered foxing to text. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (John Bowman-Manifold, Lieut.-Commander aboard HMS Exeter, killed in action during the Battle of the River Plate). An early printing, complete with the scarce jacket. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £12.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £16.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 6.25 inches (11 x 16 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 96, 20 (Ads).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near Fine - 68 pages - unmarked brown boards and spine - discolouration on top page edges - dustwrapper unmarked but faded on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. First American Edition. 16mo. 77 pp. Rose cloth, paper labels front & spine. Sound, clean, no soil, no marks, end papers age-toned. Near Fine. Dust jacket split on back without loss, age-toning Very Good. Book.

Hardcover. Early Reprint, no date [circa 1928]. Duodecimo. Original maroon paper over boards, paper title plate at front cover and spine. Very good, paper binding cracked at sides of spine, spine label darkened, wear to edges, pages agetoned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 94, 15 [publisher's catalogue] pp. Dark purple hardback, paper-title label to front and spine. Spine label sunned and some rubbing to hinges and spine ends. Generally a bright and clean internally, odd spots or pencil markings occasionally. Bound in 8's. An essay on the decline of swearing and its implications to society, at a time in which there was still censorship and social restriction on language in England. 16mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Boards, printed labels. First edition. Sixteen page catalogue of publications from the "To-day and To-Morrow" series of distinguished English thinkers, scientists, philosophers, doctors, critics, artists, etc. included at the conclusion of the text. Extremities rubbed, splotch on upper trimmed edge, without dust jacket, otherwise very good (and edifying). HIGGINSON & WILLIAMS A21a.

[1937] First edition. 94 pp + 15 pp ads for To-day And To-morrow Series. Original purple paper boards with purple cloth spine. Printed paper label on front board. Edges and corners rubbed. Overall condition VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. New Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. pp 68. Hardback. Limited edition, no. 54 of 100 copies signed by the author. Original blue cloth with gilt spine titles. About fine. First publish in 1927 this was a small new introduction by Graves written in Malorca 1971. About fine.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Third Impression. Ex Library book. Jacket is tattered and is chipped along the top and bottom edges. Spine has a closed tear, not affecting legibility. Cover is worn and rubbed, particularly along the top and bottom edges. Hinges are worn along with both edges of spine being bumped. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Ink writing on front end leaf page, not affecting legibility, otherwise all other pages are clean and unmarked. As is.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original orange cloth with pastedown; no bent corners, creases,; seems unread; The history and reasons that cause swearing; Very Good- labelsl minor edge wear, toning to endsheets underlining or highlightling.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. Book measures 16.5x12.cm. 94pp, 15pp catalogue. Bound in original publishers maroon cloth, with white title labels. Cloth lightly rubbed on head and tail of spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, chipped with loss on head and tail of spine. Jacket in good condition. Internally, pages clean. A good solid copy. Size: Small 8 Vo.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 96. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 96.

hardback. Condition: Fine. Small 12mo. London (Martin Brown & O'Keeffe) 1972. Review copy. Fine in sunned dust wrapper. Photo available upon request.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. First American edition. 16mo. New York (Dutton) (1927). Blue cloth with white labels. Spine sunned else a very good copy. Photo available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Scarce fifth impression containing additional material. A very bright tight copy. Some mottling to boards but complete with DJ which is now protected. DJ has some minor chips. Overall a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. First edition thus, hardcover in slipcase, limited no. 90/100, signed by author, a bright, tight, clean, Near Fine copy in VG+ slipcase which has slight lean, very slight bumps to corners and some faint general rubbing.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Limited. 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.

Condition: 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.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. First American edition. 16mo. New York (Dutton) (1927). Red cloth with white labels. Lower spine sunned where dust wrapper missing part, else a very nice copy. Photo available upon request.

Small 8vo, pp. [6], 68; original cloth in green printed dust jacket; spine a bit faded, else fine. First published in 1927. Higginson & Williams A21d.

FIRST EDITION, pp.94+15(series ads.), f'cap.8vo., original series plum boards, printed labels on backstrip and front cover, usual faint rubbing to soft boards, extremities a little rubbed, crack to lower joint, good. (Higginson & Williams A21a).

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''). Second edition, revised (three months after first edition).

hardback. Condition: mint. Small 12mo. London (Martin Brian & O'Keeffe) 1972. #43of 100 signed copies. Mint copy in glassine wrap and slipcase. Photo available upon request.