Add a touch of transgressive literary wit to your collection with this 1967 edition of Some Limericks by Norman Douglas, an infamous compilation for collectors of rare and controversial satire. Published by Grove Press, Inc., this slim hardcover volume preserves the author's notorious collection of ribald verses paired with mock-academic commentary.
- Size: 8.5" x 5" (Measurements are close but approximate)
- Decade: 1960s
- Style: Retro Counterculture / Satirical Literature
- Condition: Good vintage condition; includes the original dust cover showing light handling wear with clean internal pages
- Extra notes: Spanning 94 pages, this work features Douglas’s sharp, parodic footnotes that treat profane street humor with the solemn gravity of classical scholarship
Originally printed privately in Florence in 1928, Norman Douglas's collection of bawdy folklore was banned for decades in both the United Kingdom and the United States due to its explicit nature. Grove Press, a vanguard publisher famous for its landmark counterculture victories against literary censorship in the mid-20th century, finally gave the work its first authorized American commercial release in the late 1960s. Featuring a striking dust jacket with vibrant, era-specific psychedelic typography inside an oval medallion, this intriguing volume represents a critical piece of free-speech publishing history and an excellent conversation starter for a curated vintage library.