Four-Letter Word Games: The Psychology of Obscenity.
New York: Evans, 1967. 186pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., (1967). Very good. More
PSYCHOLOGY
Sound Mind; or, Contributions to the Natural History and Physiology of the Human Intellect.
London: Longman, Hurst, 1819. xiii + [3] + 192pp. + ads. 8vo, original boards, cloth spine, chipped, untrimmed. London: Longman, Hurst, 1819. First Edition. A very good copy in a poor binding. "In treating of Mental Derangement, I became very early sensible, that a competent knowledge of the faculties and operations on the Intellect in its healthy state, was indispensably necessary to him, who professes to describe its disorders.." -- preface. "Haslam acted for many years as apothecary to Bethlehem..... More
Histopathology of the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems.
Baltimore: William Moore, 1933. 229 illustrations. 491pp., tall 8vo, blue cloth (rubbed). Baltimore: William Moore, 1933. Very good. Fills an important gap in the usual manuals of neuro-psychiatry. Based on 20 years work by the Prof. of Neurology, Univ. of Illinois. More
The Epidemics of the Middle Ages.
London: Trubner, 1859. Translated by B.G. Babington. 300pp, 8vo, blue cloth; (lacks front fly-leaf; pages toned and some foxing). London: Trubnor & Co, 1859. Third Edition, Completed with the author's treatise on Child-Pilgrimages. The Black Death, the Dancing Mania, and the Sweating Sickness, the 3 great epidemics of the Middle Ages. Babington's fine translation includes a valuable chronological survey, a 12pp. bibliography, and a complete reprinting of Caius's "Boke...(on) Sweatyng Sicknesse"--GM 5522, 1678, 6516. More
The Epidemics of the Middle Ages. No. 1: The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century.
Philadelphia: Haswell, 1837. Translated by B.G. Babington. 84 pages. Small 8vo, modern wrappers. Philadelphia: Haswell, 1837. A very good(-) copy. More
Uber den Menschenhass. Eine Pathographische Untersuchung uber Jonathan Swift
Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1934. Frontispiece portrait. Slim tall 8vo., white cloth (spine repaired). Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1934. First Edition. Very good. Ex-library copy. Scarce. More
De L'Homme, De Ses Facultes Intellectuelle, et de Son Education. Ouvrage Posthume de M. Helvetius
London: Societe Typographique, 1774. 2 volumes. xl + 231pp. + 123pp, and 462pp., 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt-lettered and decorated spine; both books lightly rubbed and with bumped corners, stain to front cover of volume II as well as a small tear to upper front edge. Londres: Chez La Societe Typographique, 1774. Internally, tight and bright, a very good set. More
De L'Homme, De Ses Facultes Intellectuelle, et de Son Education. Ouvrage Posthume de M. Helvetius
London: Societe Typographique, 1781. 5 volumes. 282; 448; 384; 398; 407 pages. Small 8vo, full contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered and decorated spines; books are a bit rubbed, top of spine on volume 3 is chipped; speckled edges. Londres: 1781. Internally, tight and bright, a very good set. More
Der Typusbegriff im Lichte der Neuen Logik.
Leiden: Sijthoff, 1936. Wissenschaftstheoretische Untersuchungen zur Konstitutionsforschung und Psychologie. viii, 130pp. Thin 8vo, original gilt-lettered navy blue cloth (spine title is illegible but covers are bright; neatly inked name inside front cover, otherwise a fine copy). Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's, 1936. Very good (+). First edition of Hempel's first book. More
Doll Play of Pilaga Indian Children; An Experimental and Field Analysis of the Behavior of the Pilaga Indian Children.
4to, cloth; (cloth sunned). New York: American Orthopsychiatric Assoc., 1944. More
Electroencephalography: A Symposium on its Various Aspects.
London: Macdonald, 1950. Illustrated. 438 pages, short thick 4to, black cloth. (London: Macdonald, 1950). Near Fine. More
On Rest and Pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and Physiological Rest in the Treatment of Accidents and Surgical Diseases, and the Diagnostic Value of Pain.
New York: William Wood, 1910. Edited by W.H.A. Jacobson. Text illustrations throughout, 299pp. 8vo, brown decorative cloth. New York, William Wood, 1879. "The surgical classic (which) suggested that symptoms are disordered reflexes and advocated complete rest in the treatment of surgical disorders of all parts of the body." GM 5609. More
On Rest and Pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and Physiological Rest in the Treatment of Accidents and Surgical Diseases, and the Diagnostic Value of Pain.
London: George Bell, 1907. Edited by W.H.A. Jacobson. Text illustrations throughout, 514pp. 8vo, green decorative cloth. London: George Bell, 1907. Very good (+). "The surgical classic (which) suggested that symptoms are disordered reflexes and advocated complete rest in the treatment of surgical disorders of all parts of the body." GM 5609. More
Concepts and Problems of Psychotherapy.
199pp., 8vo, green cloth. N.Y.: Columbia UP, 1937. Near fine. More
The Treatment of Schizophrenia.
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1930. 206pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (text block slightly weakened from spine, d.w. edge worn, spine darkened) Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1930. Ownership signature on title page. Very good copy in very good(-) d.w. More
Freud's Theories of Neuroses.
London: Kegan Paul. 257pp., 8vo, blue cloth; cloth worn, foxing on fore-edge and endpapers. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1921. A very good (-) copy. More
Psychiatry and the Law.
Small 8vo, cloth. N.Y., 1955. More
The Psychiatric Novels of Oliver Wendell Holmes
New Jersey: Columbia University Press, 1943. Abridgment, Introduction and Annotations by Clarence P. Oberndorf. 268pp. 8vo, blue cloth; spine faded. New York: Columbia UP, 1943. First edition. A very good copy. More
Acts of War; The Behavior of Men in Battle.
New York: Free Press, 1986. Illus. 436pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. dampstained on blank side, d.w. sunned on spine portion, corners of cloth bumped. New York: The Free Press, (1986). More
Strategic Psychological Operations and American Foreign Policy
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1960). More
The Adolescent Diaries of Karen Horney
New York: Basic Books, 1980. Several black-and-white photographs. 271 pages, 8vo, decorative gray cloth, dust wrapper (price-clipped). New York: Basic Books, Inc., (1980). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Mathematico-Deductive Theory of Rote Learning: a Study in Scientific Methodology.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1940. Published for the Institute of Human Relations. xii, 329pp. Large 8vo, natural cloth (bottom of spine quite darkened; neatly inked name inside cover, otherwise a fine copy). Yale UP, 1940. First edition. Very good (+). More
The Family Romance of the French Revolution
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Some black and white illustrations. 8vo, 213 pages, red cloth, dust wrapper. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1992). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
De Morbis Simulatis Atque Arte Provocatis.; Dissertatio inauguralis medica.
32 pages. Slim 12mo. Berlin, 1826. Thesis on simulated diseases and their causes. More
Under the Southern Cross; A Guide to the Sanitariums and other Charming Places in the West Indies and Spanish Main
Providence: Ryder & Dearth, 1891. Illus. 12mo, orignal yellow decorated cloth, front cover slightly bowed, corners bumped, small area of light soiling on front cover, some pages slightly wavy. Providence: Ryder & Dearth, 1891. Author was an American physician. More