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London: Greening & Co., Ltd.. Good. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author to his daughter Alice, signed "from her father, Xmas 1910" upon front free endpaper. [Documentation supporting this provenance will be provided.] xiii, [1], 375 pages. Index of Subjects. List of Authorities. Complete with 82 black and white plates, several of which fold out. Gilt lettering and decoration upon olive cloth. Top edge gilt. "Explains where we fall short, and suggests how the true remedies for individual, anti-social and collective misconduct or communal misunderstandings may be best applied". - Introductory Preface. Chapters include: Humanity, Normal and Abnormal; The Degenerate; The Criminal; How Criminals are Made; Responsibility; Sin and Crime; British Methods and Results; The Relations of Physiology to Justice; Development and Its Dangers; The Physiology of the Brain; Where is Mind?; The Physical Basis of Mind and Personality; Social Hygiene in Holland;… Leer más

New York: Bell Publishing, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 188 pages. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. English translation of the 1902 German first edition. "A physiological, psychological and neurological study of the phenomena of sadism and masochism. Explores the factors that contribute to algolagnia and discusses its history through the ages. Includes explanations of the actual implements and devises used in algolagnia, as well as descriptions that serve to define the practices of sadism and masochism. A complete bibliography allows for further research." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy..

USA: Oxford University Press (Canada), 2006. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 476 pages. References. Author and subject indexes. "The first book to present an historical overview of distinctiveness and memory, the results of current research, and several new theories. A valuable resource for student and professional researchers in neuroscience and cognitive, developmental, and social psychology." - dust jacket. Underlining and marginalia to first 70 pages, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy..

Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co., 1926. Book. Illus. by Honore, Paul. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 pages. Features: Cover illustration representing the waking up of the old American dances; News Bits; How Deadly Snake Venom is Collected to Save Lives; Peddling U.S. Citizenship Rights - the farce of making American citizens in bunches - forcing a hyphenated allegiance i.e. "Induced Naturalization" should be stopped; Gain, Not Glory, Guides the Chinese Soldier - their military tactics are beginning to change under the impact of modernism (with photos); Dr. Joseph Collins Gives "My Definition of a Freudian" (part 3) - the monstrous doctrine of Freud is further and brilliantly exposed; Researching the Colossus of Rhodes - did this statue bestride the harbor entrance?; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - Industry's service is social, and so must be judged; Editorial comments on censorship of pictures sent abroad… Leer más

New York: Orgone Institute Press, 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 344 pages. Index. Translated from the German manuscript of the third, revised and enlarged edition. Earlier German editions were "smuggled across the German border in great numbers and enthusiastically received by the illegal revolutionary movement. The Fascists banned it in 1935." - xiv. The ten chapters include: Authoritarian Family Ideology and the Mass Psychology of Fascism; The Race Theory; The Symbolism of the Swastika; Organized Mysticism - The International Antisexual Organization; Some Problems of Sex-Political Practice; The Masses and the State; and more. Binding sound. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is patched at spine ends and preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound vintage copy. Kehr & Langmaid 258, Madden p.55..

USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Fine. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed and briefly inscribed by Skinner upon title page. x, 457 pp. "Here Skinner defines his basic unit of behavior, the operant, proposes rate as the basic datum, and describes his research program to identify the variables of which behavior is a function." - B.F. Skinner Foundation. In 2002 a study in the Review of General Psychology declared Skinner the most eminent psychologist of the twentieth century. This copy appears to be a 1970s facsimile reprint of the author's landmark first book first published in 1938. Black boards adorned with brilliant gilt and maroon. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ISBN 0130732133.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; B.F. Skinner Psychology Behavior Signed EAB Experimental analysis of Behavior Operant; Signed by Author(s) .

USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Good. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 0137923090 . Signed and briefly inscribed by American behaviorist B.F. Skinner upon dedication page. [viii], 741 pp. "An exhaustive extension of Skinner's 1930s work on reinforcement. It is now clear that intermittent reinforcement constitutes an important condition of action. By the manipulation of schedules, a wide range of changes in behavior can be produced, most of which would previously have been attributed to motivational or emotional variables." - Introduction. In 2002 a study in the Review of General Psychology declared Skinner the most eminent psychologist of the twentieth century. This copy appears to be a 1970s reprint of the 1957 first edition. Light wear to tan boards adorned with gilt and (touched up) maroon. Contents clean and unmarked. ISBN 0137923090; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Schedules of Reinforcement B.F. Skinner Signed Psychology Behavioral Schedules of… Leer más

Chicago: Parents' Institute Inc., 1940. Book. Illus. by Keppler, Victor. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 84 pages. Features: Great color ad for Frigidaire fridges inside front cover features ladies in period fashion; For Your Child and Mine; Looking Back at Sex Education; How Efficient Should a Mother Be?; Give a Boy Adventure; Ways to Earn Spending Money; If Accidents Happen; About Mumps; Teaching a Young Child to Swim; Teen-age problems; Something new in Family vacations - youth hostels; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Cover photo of Mom hugging two daughters; Med Life ad with photo of doctor making housecall for boy with tummy ache; Nice color Campbell's Soup ad shows daughter making soup for dad; Color-photo Certo ad on back cover features Jelly Champion Mrs. F. B. Tillou, Jr. of Oxford, NJ; and much more. Half of page 31 on party article and childhood problems missing. Small clipping from teen-age problems/family fun… Leer más

Chicago: Parents' Institute Inc., 1940. Book. Illus. by Keppler, Victor. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 116 pages. Features: Color cover photo of cute blonde twin girls; Great color-photo ad for Quaker Oats inside front cover; Is your child a weathervane?; They Never Know When to Come Home; Who Wants a Spoiled Baby?; This Way to Good Eating Habits; New Toys; Give Them the Advantages of Good Speech; The Forgotten Father; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Nice color ad for the Cream Top milk bottle; Color ad for Squibb cod-liver oil inside back cover. Great color back cover ad for Famous Funn Family Service with Uncle Same and Santa says "Give American Children American Toys"; Many additonal nostalgic ads; and much more. Openings at spine ends, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here!.

Chicago: Parents' Institute Inc., 1940. Book. Illus. by Keppler, Victor. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 102 pages. Features: A Decade of Action for Children; Opening Doors for Children; When Boy Meets Girl; White House Conference on Children in a Democracy; How to Deal with Jealousy; Conquering Pneumonia; How to Nurse Your Baby; Sunshine to the Rescue; Family Fun; Family Home; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; School Directory; Interesting one-page ad for GE sunlamps claims they will provide strong bones for babies; Nice (but soiled) color ad on back cover for Nestle's EverReady Sweet Milk Cocoa; and much more. Two small clippings from family fashions on page 33-35; Reader letters clipped from page 90. Small coupon clipped from page 94. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here!.

Chicago: Parents' Institute Inc., 1940. Book. Illus. by Keppler, Victor. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 110 pages. Features: Cover photo of boy and girl saluting flag; Nice ad for Pollyanna Health Shoes inside front cover; One Hour at a Time; When Teens and Middle Age Meet; Your Child From One to Six; Better Parenthood Week; A Baby Needs Skincare; Why Not Nursery School at Home?; They Can Skip The Awkward Age; They Take to the Air; If It's Chickenpox; Hobby for the Whole Family; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Child Conservation and National Defense; Nice illustrated ad for Poll-Parrot Shoes; Castoria laxative ad features story and photo sequence of mother feeling guilty after "unmercifully" spanking her boy with hair brush; Back cover color ad for Kix cereal contest; Many additonal nostalgic ads; and much more. Small coupon clipped from corset ad on page 85, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound… Leer más

Chicago: Parents' Institute Inc., 1940. Book. Illus. by Aarons, Leo; Young, Chic. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 110 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Frigidaire fridges inside front cover; This Way to Courtesy; How Much Freedom?; Make the Most of Summer vacation; You Don't Need to Nag; If the Baby's Ill; Why boarding School?; Guard Against Children's Diseases; Give Your Child a Head Start; Have You a Little Show-Off?; Family Fun; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; One-page illustrated ad for film Edison The Man, starring Spencer Tracy; Photo-illustrated Listerine ad features Mrs. Madge Purdy Van Cott of Jersey City, NJ; Nice color-photo ad for Campbell's Tomato Juice shows lady reaching into fridge; Uncommon one-page photo ad for Clapp's Baby Foods; Certo ad features Mrs. Lucy Thomson of Peoria, IL; Cute small photo ad for Rollfast bicycles; Great color back cover ad for Shredded Ralston cereal features Dumb… Leer más

Chicago: Parents' Institute Inc., 1940. Book. Illus. by Aarons, Leo; Anderson, Harold. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 134 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Maurice Maeterlinck's film "The Blue Bird" inside front cover; Being a Father is Fun; What About Social Hygiene?; Their First Jobs; What is Good Discipline?; Keep on the Safe Side; If a Baby Eats Too Fast; Children Need Happily Married Parents; Are the Programs They Like Bad for Them?; What to Do About Earache; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Nice one-page illustrated ad for film Young Tom Edison, starring Mickey Rooney; School Directory; Charming color Campbell's Soup ad shows young boy and girl with umbrellas coming in from the rain for lunch; Fantastic color-photo one-page ad for Pacific Mills and their "Pacific Thief of Bagdad fabrics" features young ladies in dresses; Vintage Clapp's Baby Foods ad features photo sequence of mothers with… Leer más

Chicago: Parents' Institute Inc., 1940. Book. Illus. by Maddick-Mead Herrick; Young, Chic. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 84 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady lying in flowers ; Nice color ad for Arthur Beir & Company, Inc. dresses for girls inside front cover; Our Children Face War; If Children Worry; No Child is Tone Deaf; Vacationing With a Baby; What is a Junior College?; Bigger and Better Children; Childhood and Teen-age Problems; Teach Your Boy to Fish; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Nostalgic color Shredded Ralson cereal ad features "Dumb Dora" comic; Many additonal nostalgic ads, including dozens for private schools for the upcoming school year; and much more. Small clipping from reader letters on page 63, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here!.

Scholarly Title, 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 297 pages. Author Index. Subject Index. "Offers the first complete international biography of material related to both C.G. Jung and the Jungian school of thought. Entries in all major European languages cover subjects ranging from psychology to philosophy, religion to myth, literary criticism to aesthetics." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important reference..

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated. Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. In this, Skinner's first book, he "launched a new science based on selection by consequences as the mechanism through which behavior changes during the lifetime of the individual. The book summarizes nearly ten years of research, spanning the years of Skinner's graduate school days at Harvard through his three years as a member of the Society of Fellows. Here he defines his basic unit of behavior, the operant, proposes rate as the basic datum, and describes his research program-to identify the variables of which behavior is a function." - B.F. Skinner Foundation. ix, [1], 457 pages. References. Index. Name of Arthur Gladstone stamped atop front free endpaper is presumably that of the Swarthmore College professor who edited the 'Bulletin of the Research Exchange on the Prevention of War' in the 1950s. Ink marginal lines and/or marginalia on approximately 23 pages appear… Leer más

U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 311 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "Explores the engagement of psychologists with myriad deceptive practices in American mass culture, from the circulation of enormously popular optical illusions, to the dangerous allure of the con man, to the pleasurable distractions of the stage magician." - from dust jacket. Light pencil markings throughout, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart..

USA: Curtis Publishing Company, 1961. Magazine. Illus. by George Hughes (cover); Gyo Fujikawa; Paul Lehr; Mike Ludlow; Mark Millar; James R. Bingham. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 86 pages. Features: Color 7up ad with trampoline illustration; Great color-photo 1961 Buick ad shows red convertible being rafted across river; Gorgeous Smirnoff ad shows alluring temptress with booze on tiny desert island in romantic sunset; Whitman's Sampler chocolates color-photo ad; Wonderful color-photo-illustrated article on actor James (Jimmy) Stewart (part 1); The Tale of the Tommy knockers; The Winning Ways of Clifford Case - New Jersey's liberal Republican senator won re-election by a landslide while his party lost the Presidency; Cloak of Cowardice (short story); I've Got Ski Fever - Eric Hatch takes up skiing at age 54; When the Honeymoon is Over (short story); Psychiatrists on the Assembly Line - industrial psychiatrists; Terre Haute - Indiana's… Leer más

USA: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 336 pages. Fifty-nine black and white photos illustrate various features of the hands. "Shows how any parent can easily select the occupation for which a child is best fitted and prepare him for success. Shows how men and women entering college can prepare themselves for their best vocations, wasting no time on studies that will not contribute to their success. Selects definite positions in definite industries: every selection is concrete; there are no generalities. Over 4000 positions are listed in which different types of people can be successful. The result of thirty years of intensive study." - from dust jacket which also includes a glowing endorsement of the author and his work by James H. Canfield, formerly President of Ohio State University and Librarian at Columbia University. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy… Leer más

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 212 pages. Footnotes. References. Many black and white illustrations. "A unique investigation of the mother-child relationship. It was originally conceived as an installation and has been exhibited widely in edited versions. Now for the first time the complete work is available in book form, providing an opportunity to re-view one of the major artworks of recent years." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to clean and unmarked book. Binding tight. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating work..