How to Stop Killing Yourself (Ace Double Size Novel D-213)

Ace Books , 1957. Stated at cover: "Eight large printings of this book sold out at 2.95 a copy - now at last available to all complete and unabridged." Stylish black, green, and red wraps with yellow titles, moderate shelf, corner wear. Pages generally very good, moderate toning, brittleness. Bind good; wear near gutter at front endpaper. From cover: "This book will add years to your life!" Back cover: "Your life is in your own hands. Preaching the doctrine of self-preservation, as opposed to the unconscious urge for for self-destruction which he finds in almost every one of us, author and doctor, Peter Steincrohn gives the reader antidotes for the major and minor ills. The suicidal threats that lie in accidents, alcoholism, obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, ulcers, change of life, worry, overwork, overexercise, smoking, sleeping pills, etc." "Anyone who cannot benefit form this book must be far down the road toward domination by the death instinct." - Journal of the American Medical Association. . Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.