Dr Bowdler's Legacy, a History Of Expurgated Books In England and Ame Rica

London: Macmillan. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Smal abrasion to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, 1992. Enlarged Edition. Paperback. As New. Illustrated by Marjory Wunsch. 323 pages; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4

New York: Atheneum, 1969. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 296 pages. First edition. Jacket spine faded and is price clipped.

London: Macmillan, 1970. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 296 pages. First English edition. Jacket price clipped.

Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher. Fine. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0879238615 . A Fine first Printing of the First Edition; The late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a time of great change in England and America. As literacy rates increased and new forms of mass communication spread, people began to demand more and more books.… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0879238615 . A Fine first Edition/First Printing; In this book, Noel Perrin traces the history of expurgated books in England and America. He discusses the challenges faced by book publishers when it came to printing indecent or politically incorrect material, as… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher. Fine. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0879238615 . An unblemished first Printing of the First Edition, softcover; Dr. John Bowdler, a physician and publisher, is best known for his 1818 work, The Family Shakespeare, which censored many words and phrases from Shakespeare's plays. This book tells the history of Bowdlerized books… Read more about this item

Doubleday Anchor. Very Good-. 1971. Paperback. Binding solid. Pages unmarked and only a little aged. Cover is a little scuffed overall, and has some wear to edges. .

New York: Atheneum, 1969. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xx, 296 pages. First edition. Lacks dust jacket. Ex-libris.

London England: Macmillan, 1970. Hardback. Dr. Bowdler's Legacy. Ex-library with ex-library markings. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Shelf wear to edges of D/J. A delightful book for anyone who loves literature, likes the English language, hates to see them maltreated, and yet can be amused by man's absurdities. With tongue in cheek, the author here examines the foibles… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan, 1970. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 296pp., appendix, notes, index,

David R. Godine Publisher, 1992. First printing. . Paperback. As New. As New! BonB