Published by London : Pitman Medical Pub. Co, 1960
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled, price-clipped dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 192 p : ill. ; 22 cm. Decorated endpapers. Contents; Some reflections on genius -- Jonathan Swift: l'enfant terrible -- Dr. Johnson on science -- Dr. Johnson and the kangaroo -- The dancing bear -- The great convulsionary -- A post-morten on Dr. Johnson -- Lord Monboddo: Evolutionist and anti-Johnsonian -- Christopher Smart: The flea that became an eagle -- Dickensian diagnosis -- Grock the inimitable -- Sitting to Epstein -- Symbol and image -- Words. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784. Genius Essays. Creative ability Essays. Celebrities. Psychophysiology. Creative ability. Creativeness. Famous Persons. Intelligence. Genius. History of medicine. Psychology. 3 Kg.
Published by London : Pitman Medical Pub. Co, 1960
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled, price-clipped dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 192 p : ill. ; 22 cm. Decorated endpapers. Contents; Some reflections on genius -- Jonathan Swift: l'enfant terrible -- Dr. Johnson on science -- Dr. Johnson and the kangaroo -- The dancing bear -- The great convulsionary -- A post-morten on Dr. Johnson -- Lord Monboddo: Evolutionist and anti-Johnsonian -- Christopher Smart: The flea that became an eagle -- Dickensian diagnosis -- Grock the inimitable -- Sitting to Epstein -- Symbol and image -- Words. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784. Genius Essays. Creative ability Essays. Celebrities. Psychophysiology. Creative ability. Creativeness. Famous Persons. Intelligence. Genius. History of medicine. Psychology. 1 Kg.
hardcover. Condition: New. N. C. Wyeth; Jessie Wilcox Smith; Arthur Rackham; Haddon Sundblom; Norman Rockwell; Thomas Nast (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!