Samuel Johnson :: A Biography HB w/ DJ :: FREE Shipping

• Hardback book with Dust Jacket by John Wain
• Copyright 1974 by John Wain

• Contents include:
• " Part I In the Midlands
  1. 'A Poor Diseased Infant'
  2. Mentors
  3. 'Ah, Sir, I was Mad and Violent'
  4. From Wolstan to Werburgh
  5. Time of Decision
• Part II Grub Street
  6. At St. John's Gate
  7. 'The Friend of Goodness'
  8. Stalemate
• Part III The Dictionary Years
  9. Crossing the Bar
  10. The Tragic Muse
  11. Diversions of a Lexicographer
  12. Alone
  13. 'I Now Begin to See Land'
  14. Word-Hoard
• Part IV 'True, Evident and Actual Wisdom'
  15. 'Toil, Envy, Want ...'
  16. A Death; and a Journey in the Mind
  17. The Machine Stops
  18. 'You dogs, I'll have a frisk of you'
  19. 'Who's for Poonsh ?'
• Part V Turtle and Burgundy
  20. Effort and Collapse
  21. The Two Families
  22. 'The Great Republic of Human Nature'
  23. The Padlock
  24. Old Acquaintance
  25. A Hundred Days in a Strange Land
  26. 'The Thoughts of One Who Has Seen but Little'
  27. Countries of the Mind
  28. Alone Again
• Part VI An Honourable Peace
  29. 'I Shall Not Trouble You Long'
  30. Afterwards "

The book is in very nice condition with some minor wear, but the dust jacket has wear and tear along the edges.
No torn or ripped pages and no markings or writing.

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