The International Psycho-Analytical Library No. 7: Sigmund Freud Collected Papers (5 VOLUME SET)

London: The Hogarth Press , 1950. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used 5 VOLUME SET! Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 2274 historical and informative pages! "To write a preface it often a perfunctory matter, but in the preface to this series of Collected Papers we wish to direct the reader's special attention to two cardinal considerations. In the first place it should be said that these Collected Papers, of which the present is the first volume, constitute the real basis of Psycho-Analysis. All Professor Freud's other work and theories are essentially founded on the clinical investigations of which these papers are the only published record. It is unfortunate that the English-speaking public should for years have had access only to what may be called the superstructure of his work, the application of his psycho-analytic method to the study of dreams, sexuality, totemism, and so on, while the basis of it all remained buried in a foreign tongue..........." ------- from the Editorial Preface. (5 VOLUME SET).. Sixth Printing. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.