Author: W. N. P. Barbellion [Bruce Frederick Cummings]; H. G. Wells [intro.]
Title: The Journal of a Disappointed Man
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1919. First edition. Cloth. An early impression of this collection of the journal entries of Bruce Frederick Cummings, giving an insight into life with multiple sclerosis. The first edition, fourth impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, published 13th November 1919, the same year as the first impression. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1920. The Journal of a Disappointed Man is the first volume of the published journal entries of English naturalist and diarist Bruce Frederick Cummings, under the pen name of W. N. P. Barbellion. This work became the best known personal account of multiple sclerosis. Some regarded it with contempt, believing the work was immoral, while others acclaimed it as a work of genius. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, though spine is a little cocked, with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Diary Bruce Frederick Cummings Multiple sclerosis Bruce Frederick Cummings Not Stated


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