Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses (Page-Barbour Lectures) by Hacking, Ian - 11/3/1998

University of Virginia Press, 1998-10-22. Hardcover. Good.

Harvard University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Harvard University Press, 2002-11-30. Revised. paperback. Used: Good.

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, no date. Hardcover. New/New. Brand new book, still in publisher's shrinkwrap! Black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo. New book in new dust jacket.

Harvard University Press, 2002-11-30. Revised. paperback. Used:Good.

London: Free Association Books, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 239 pages indexed. Apart from minor, intermittent pencil underscoring, the book is in excellent condition, clean and in solid binding. "It all began one morning last July when we noticed a young man of twenty-six crying in his bed in Dr. Pitres's ward. He had just come from a long journey on foot and was exhausted, but that was not the cause of his tears. He wept because he could not prevent himself from departing on a trip when the need took him; he deserted family, work, and daily life to walk as fast as he could, straight ahead, sometimes doing 70 kilometers a day on foot, until in the end he would be arrested for vagrancy and thrown in prison." - Dr. Philippe Tissie, July 1886. Thus begins the recorded case history of Albert Dadas, a native of France's Bordeaux region and the first diagnosed mad traveller, or fugueur. An occasional employee of a local gas… Read More

University Press of Virginia 1998. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 239pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

University of Virginia Press, 1998-11-03. hardcover. Used:Good.

University of Virginia Press, 1998-11-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harvard University Press, 2002-11-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!