LARS PORSENA; Or, the future of swearing and improper language
first edition
1927 · London
by GRAVES, Robert
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''). (Inventory #: 41645)