Psychology

London: The Danube Edition - Pan Books Ltd., 1970. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. SYNOPSIS: The Act of Creation is a brilliant and important analysis by a famous author of the artistic and scientific faculties of man, including humour. In this major study Arthur Koestler advances the theory that all creative activities - the conscious and unconscious processes underlying artistic originality, scientific discovery, and comic inspiration - have a basic pattern in common, which he attempts to define. He calls it "bisociative" thinking - a word he coined to distinguish the various routines of associative thinking from the creative leap which connects… Read More

Leipzic / Vienna: Hugo Heller & Cie, 1913 pp [120] numbered 525 - 636, I - VIII, Textblock sound with a little browning, wrapper has moderate sunning towards the margins with significant fraying (some loss] to spine Scans available

Paris: Denoël et Steele, 1932. Livre. Bon. plaquette agrafée. Edition originale. In-8. Paris, Denoël et Steele, 1932. Coll. "bibliothèque psychanalytique". 24 x 16 cm, in-8, 19 pp., plaquette agrafée sous couverture rouge imprimée. Edition originale peu commune de ce tiré à part du tome IV de la "Revue Française de Psychanalyse". Bon exemplaire (petit accroc à la couverture)..

Mason, Van Wyck. The Rio Casino Intrigue, A Major North Intrigue Novel. Reynal & Hitchcock First Edition, 1941. MYSTERY. Used. Good/Good rare unclipped dust jacket Original $2.00 item price appears on the back flap. now protected in a mylar wrap.

Washington, DC: Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6" x 9" Hardcover; First Edition; 95pp; Tan paper covered boards with brown titling to front & spine, slight wear to top of spine & corners of boards, previous owner's address pressure stamp to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series No. 39. Scarce vintage monograph translated from the German. The author, Constantin von Monakow (1853-1930) was a Russian-Swiss neuropathologist. Contents: Translator's Preface; General Considerations; Structural and Functional Factors; Tentative Organization of the Emotions, Instincts, and Morality; Anatomical Structures and Physiological Functions; Recaptulation of Preceding Chapters; Pathology of the Emotions; Dissolution and Resolution of Morality; Final Observations.

THE ROSE B EDITION. Du Bose, Heyward. Porgy (1925 George H. Doran Mauve "B" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 2nd printing thus, known as the Mauve or Rose "B" Edition. Decorated By Theodore Nadejen. USED. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Mauve/Purple boards with gold gilt titling and owl cartouche. ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR "PORGY AND BESS", THE DRAMATIC BROADWAY MUSICAL AND MOTION PICTURE, SCORED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN.

Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. VERY GOOD/ VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. ffp $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."

Wharton, Edith. The Children. D. Appleton 1928 Stated First Printing, September, 1928. Black boards with Yellow titling and ornamentation. (1) on the last page of the text. Used. Very Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 347 pages. States (1) on the last page. Says "Moters" on page 135. New York & London. 5 5/8 X 7 7/8. A square, solid copy. RARE. Plot Summary: "First published in 1928, The Children is one of Edith Wharton's later novels, published when the author was in her mid-sixties. Like much of Wharton's fiction, it explores the moral complexities of socially unacceptable relationship – in this instance, one between a middle-aged man and a teenage girl."

The Poison Belt. 1913 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. By Arthur Conan Doyle. "Being an account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor Challenger" Hodder & Stoughton/ George H. Doran. States Hodder & Stoughton on the spine. RARE. Illustrated. Red Boards with gilt titling. Gilting still bright. All 16 B&W plates, including frontis, present and affixed to binding. USED. Bright pages. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. 252 pages.

Rare copy on this seminal work on the assessment of the methodoldy of lie detecting and, at the time, of the novel use of lie detection instruments. The book is in 'like new' condition, including all pages and illustration, as well as the six fold outs. XX + 453 pages.

The book will be priority mailed for domestic sale.

RARE BOOK! "The Making of a Moron" by Niall Brennan. Published in 1953. Believe First Edition. DJ is covered with a protective mylar cover.
"A wartime experiment where mentally defective people were drafted into industry, and proved themselves more easily disciplined, more content with their tasks, and more efficient. The author decided to run his own experiment to find out what the effect must be on normal people of doing the same work that had been done so well by the mentally challenged. His findings seemed to lead to the conclusion that work which makes sub-human demands results cumulatively in the narrowing, and finally the mutilation, of the human personality, and that the continuous sense of frustration avenges itself by strange and disturbing means."
Book: Very Good condition. Rubbing on the edges of the covers & corners. Interior: Great condition! Dustjacket: Very Good condition! Some chipping/creasing on the edges. Small piece missing at the bottom of the spine. Rubbing on the DJ.

St. Louis, MO: David V. Bush, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 428pp; Maroon cloth boards with gilt titling to front, green titling to spine, boards square & clean with slight wear to corners of boards, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG condition. Scarce, quaint, antique guide to reading character by analyzing physical characteristics such as head shape, body type, hair color and eye color, in part to help employers find good employees and to assist individuals in their search for a spouse. The prolific self-help, poetry, sexology and New Thought author David Van Bush (1882-1959) and his mysterious co-author W. Waugh identified five human types: Alimentive, Thoracic, Muscular, Osseous and Cerebral. At various points, Bush employed H.P. Lovecraft to revise many of his publications. Illustrated with diagrams & photos.

Rare/Collectible. This is a very rare first edition copy of the proceedings of the first annual symposium of the American Society for Cybernetics.
The book itself is in very good condition except for some browning on the opening leaf and a bit of edge wear. The text is clean throughout and it is NOT an ex-libray copy.
The book comes with the original dust jacket but the jacket has significant edge tears and shows age.
See picutres for condition.

Carrie Fisher. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Postcards from the Edge. 1987 Simon and Schuster. NY. EXLIB. Stated 1st Printing. Number line starts with 1. VG CONDITION/ VG Unclipped original dust jacket protected in a mylar wrap. 223 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by American actress Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name, which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990."

Carrie Fisher. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Postcards from the Edge. 1987 Simon and Schuster. NY. EXLIB. Stated 1st Printing. Number line starts with 1. VG CONDITION/ VG Unclipped original dust jacket protected in a mylar wrap. Very nice appearing barely read. 223 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by American actress Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name, which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990."