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This book is based on the catalogue for the commemorative bicentenary exhibition organized by The Arts Council of Great Britain in 1984. With an essay by John Wain, probably Johnson's best-known biographer in recent times, and contributions from W.W. Robson on Johnson as a poet and J.D. Fleeman on the Dictionary. Approximately 100 illustrations, including rarely-seen pages from first editions or early manuscripts. 144 pages. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo..