1601 (sixteen O One) A Tudor Fireside Conversation

N/a: Land's End Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1969. Reprint. 3-ring binder. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The first -10 pages of the text are uncut on the bottom edge. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has noticeable toning, especially around the top edges and spine and spine joints. There is one one inch depth chip to the top spine end, and seveal tears, including a two inch tear to the top front spine joint. "[Date: 1601. ] Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. Or simply 1601 is the title of a short risqué squib by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author in 1906. Written as an extract from the diary of one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting, the pamphlet purports to record a conversation between Elizabeth and several famous writers of the day. The topics discussed are entirely scatological, notably flatulence, flatulence humor, and sex. 1601 was, according to Edward Wagenknecht, "the most famous piece of pornography in American literature." However, it was more ribaldry than pornography; its content was more in the nature of irreverent and vulgar comedic shock than obscenity for sexual arousal. " (from Wikipedia) .