"The Lost Art of Profanity" by Burges Johnson [The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948]. First edition (stated). Red cloth hardcover with gilt titling, lacking dust jacket. 223pp with 20 illustrations by Orson Lowell and an introduction by H.L. Mencken. Spine text starting to fade. Small black spots along spine edges. Internally clean and tight. Very Good and uncommon.
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