The Principles of Mental Hygiene by White, William Alanson - 1917

RARE/SCARCE.USED. GOOD CONDITION. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1870. MAN AND WIFE, a novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Brown boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes. Signed and dated by former owners Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Wiswall of Newton Lake Falls, Mass. Sept. 1869.

MAN AND WIFE. Used. Good Condition. Antiquarian. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1871 Printing Thus. A novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Used. Good Condition. No DJ as issued. Black boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Paper covering split at spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes..

New York: Duffield and Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 358pp; Green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, slight foxing to edges, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce antique treatise on using the power of the will to overcome physical and mental disabilities. The thesis of the book contrasts strongly with the conclusions of the eugenics movement of that time. Contents: Invalidism and Intellectual Development; Lessons from the Lower Life; The Invalid's Attitude Toward Life; Weaknesses Peculiar to Man; Unpromising Children; Nervous Invalids; The Blind and the Deaf; Retarded Development; Accidental Malformations; Unclassified Maladies; The Effect of the Imagination, Will, and Habit; Management of Body and Mind; The Practical Work of Life; Family and Social Relations of Invalids; Index.

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.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 216pp; DJ clean & bright with very slight edgewear, age-toning to rear panel & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Scarce, vintage account of LSD experiences by health food advocate and author Adelle Davis writing under a pseudonym. Introduction by psychologist Robert S. Davidson.

New York, New York: Springer-Verlag. New. 1993. First Edition: First Printing. Soft Cover. 329 pages: 6.25 x 9.25 in.: 1.6: KB#007494: BRAND NEW. Printing Number Line (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "The purpose of this volume is to survey some of the best work going on in the field of reading research and reflect what is known about reading as it unfolds across the life span. The book is divided into four parts: The Contexts for Reading; Reading in Childhood; Reading in Adulthood; Reading Across the Life Span. The focus of this book stretches beyond the narrow period of development and considers broader questions such as cross-cultural factors influencing literacy acquisition, the spelling sound code and word recognition in childhood, instruction and remediation in adult illiterates, and changes in reading ability and attitude from childhood to adulthood - all areas and questions… Read More

New York: Duffield and Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 358pp; Green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, slight foxing to edges, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce antique treatise on using the power of the will to overcome physical and mental disabilities. The thesis of the book contrasts strongly with the conclusions of the eugenics movement of that time. Contents: Invalidism and Intellectual Development; Lessons from the Lower Life; The Invalid's Attitude Toward Life; Weaknesses Peculiar to Man; Unpromising Children; Nervous Invalids; The Blind and the Deaf; Retarded Development; Accidental Malformations; Unclassified Maladies; The Effect of the Imagination, Will, and Habit; Management of Body and Mind; The Practical Work of Life; Family and Social Relations of Invalids; Index.

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.

Doubleday, 1974. Paperback. Used - Very Good condition. Book is clean with some signs of age and wear. Book is tight and has no loose pages. Slight bumping at corners and edges. Bottom-right corner of front cover is creased. Some discoloration on front and back covers. Vertical crease down spine. Surface tear and discoloration on back cover from sticker removal. No markings inside the book. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 216pp; DJ clean & bright with very slight edgewear, age-toning to rear panel & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Scarce, vintage account of LSD experiences by health food advocate and author Adelle Davis writing under a pseudonym. Introduction by psychologist Robert S. Davidson.