Augustus John: A Biography by Michael Holroyd was originally published in two volumes, Volume 1: The Years of Innocence and Volume 2: The Years of Experience, by William Heinemann Ltd in 1974 and 1975. The two volumes were published together as one volume in the USA by Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc. in 1975 as Augustus John: A Biography. A revised one-volume edition was published in paperback by Penguin Books Ltd in 1976

This present edition combines the contents of all previous editions, revised, rearranged and cut, and with substantial new material added by the author

This edition first published in the Great Britain in 1997 by Chatto & Windus

This eBook edition first published in the Great Britain in 2015 by Head of Zeus Ltd

Copyright © Michael Holroyd, 1974, 1975, 1976

This edition copyright © Michael Holroyd, 1996

The moral right of Michael Holroyd to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

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