Psychology-Psychiatry-Mental Health/Illness from Gargoyle Books

First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair-Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. The Third Revised Edition from 1896 of what had already become a classic in the burgeoning field of psychology since it was first published in 1886, then reissued in 1891. In his Preface, Dewey addresses the problem of how to integrate philosophy & psychology, melding the scientific"… Read more about this item

London, England: Constable & Co., Limited, 1910. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Prominent medical doctor from Boston, MA, explores the role of "magical remedies,'' eg, spells & incantations, relics, amulets, the laying-on of hands, & mesmerism, in the evolution of "modern mental healing,'' including psychotherapy. The role & power of suggestion & imagination in… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Greenberg, 1951. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Writing from the perspective of "a quarter century of participation in American life as a homosexual,'' the author offers a "spiritual autobiography" of his shame & guilt, attempt to find love, attempt to find a cure through psychoanalysis, marriage to a… Read more about this item

Philadelphia/London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1919. Limited Edition . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Groundbreaking work in behavioral psychology from one of the discipline's preeminent founders, in 429 pages with Index. Orig. published in 1919, this is an exact replica of that edition, privately printed for members of the Classics of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Library, bound… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1969. Soft cover. Near Fine. This classic work in psychology & anthropology documents a psychotherapeutic interaction conducted by the author with an American "Wolf" Plains Indian, demonstrating the intersection of culture, personality, & mental status. Orig. published in hardcover in 1951, this is the First Trade Paperback Edition with revisions from 1969,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Schocken Books, 1978. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Collection of 19 essays that offer a psychosocial perspective on "the condition of man in an endangered world." In 330 pages with Notes & list of publications in rear. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1978, this hardcover 8vo has reddish-brown cloth-covered boards… Read more about this item

Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977. Paperback Original (PBO) 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Caroff, Joe. A sane look at "encounter groups,'' which became wildly popular in the 1960s-1970s. Dedicated "to all those who want to kiss the guru goodbye." In 148 pages with Index & extensive Bibliography, this is a Paperback Original from 1977, never before published in book form.… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1930. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Seminal work & very first book by the American psychiatrist who would become world renowned for his groundbreaking new perspectives on mental illness. Orig. published by Knopf in 1930, this is a reprint, c. same era, with former owner's name & "1933"… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Columbia University Press, 1936. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Documents the conduct & results of a pioneering study of juvenile delinquency in New York City in 1930, comparing results across neighborhoods, boroughs, gender, race, parental immigrant status, & religion. Vol 12 in the "Studies of the Research Bureau of… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Washington Square Press/Pocket Books, 1971. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Developed by Luscher, a Swiss psychologist in 198, this test purports to reveal your personality through your preferences for certain colors. Translated from the original German, this is the First English translation from… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Henry Holt, 1902. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Collection of lectures originally delivered by the esteemed psychologist to teachers at Harvard, then to students at various women's colleges. Orig. published in 1899, this is a 1902 printing of that First Edition from Henry Holt, in 301 deckle-edged pages + lists… Read more about this item

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1997. First Trade Paperback 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. A social anthropologist examines the Sicilian-Canadian evil-eye complex & how people use it to make sense of their personal experiences, despite its inherent ambiguities & inconsistencies. In 159 pages with Index & Bibliography. Vol 10 in the Anthropological Horizons series, originally… Read more about this item

Cleveland/New York: Modern Library, 1937. First Thus Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of the key works in Freud's canon, in which he laid out his psychoanalytic theory & explained how the human unconscious could be revealed through analyzing dream symbology. First published in German in 1899 & never out of… Read more about this item

New York, New York: William Morrow & Compnay Inc., 1976. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The amazingly "bizarre love story" of Burt & Linda Pugach, bound together by violence but unable to stay apart after decades spent in their own forms of prison. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1976, this hardcover 8vo… Read more about this item

SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998. First Trade Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. Contributors (psychologists, doctors, school administrators, social workers, & attorneys) draw on their first-hand experiences with mothers who perpetrate & children who are the victims of this widely misunderstood & hard-to-recognize syndrome, which was brought to popular awareness by the case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard,… Read more about this item

Library Press, 1971. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Leading psychologist during this period addresses the "nature vs environment" debate in seeking to explain why Black Americans consistently underperform on standardized intelligence tests, & proposed a new explanation. The source of much controversy when first published (decades before the even more controversial "Bell Curve" debate… Read more about this item

Doubleday, 1984. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cult expert & founder of the world-renowned Freedom Counseling Center in Burlingame, CA, discusses the state of cults in the 1980s, examining both well-known & virtually unheard of groups, with ominous implications for today, as the meglomaniacal leaders who become the object of cult adoration & the situations… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1958. First Edition Later Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The very first book by the esteemed psychoanalyst, which laid the groundwork for the study of childhood as a unique stage, blending cultural anthropological, sociological, & psychological perspectives. Orig. published to great acclaim in 1950, this a… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1958. Paperback Original (PBO) . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward; Baskin, Leonard. Selections from what Jung referred to as "some of most difficult essays" are included here (see titles on back cover), focusing on his writings on the function & origin of symbols. Never before published , this is an… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1950. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-/G+. A key text in the development of intensive psychotherapy, a combination of psychiatric & psychoanalytic work that the author has honed over three decades of practice, mentored by S. Freud, K. Goldstein, G. Groddeck, & H. Sullivan. In 246… Read more about this item