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Auckland: David Bateman, 1998. pp149. Answering the questions commonly asked by teenagers and their families.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster - A Fireside Book. pp331. Spine & narrow strip immediately adjacent are faded; otherwise excellent. 'In tjhis gem of a book, Jeanne Avery clearly and brilliantly documenmts the benefits of past-life therapy..Laced with fascinating histories, the book echoes the writings of Edgar Cayce, Dr. Edith Fiore and others..Jeanne Avery has written the most important therapy book of the eighties.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London Etc: Pan Books, 1999. pp383 includes bibliography. pale yellowing of exterior page edges, 2 tiny marks .Rub to corner of back panel of jacket. Overall very clean, neat, presentable.'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: Macgibbon and Key , 1971. pp351. Exlibrary with the usual library distinctions, some foxing and staining of exterior page edges. Some very sparse markings to text block. Illustrated with photographs. 2 accounts, one by the survivor, of the experience of insanity.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair - Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Hammersmith: Thorsons, 1997. pp230. Pale yellowing of exterior page edges, very light corner rub. Otherwise near fine. 'Desperate to make herself smaller so "there will be less of me to hate", Claire Beeken first went into hospital with an eating disorder at the age of ten. In the years that followed she locked herself into a vicious cycle of starvation, laxative abuse, binge-eating, attempted suicide and periods in a psychiatric hospital.is the honest, deeply affecting and often darkly funny account of Claire's illness. It follows her slow descent into the living nightmare of anorexia, through to her eventual determination to get better and help opthers.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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New York: Delacorte Press, 1994. pp288. This is an ex-library book; both book and jacket have the usual library distinctions, o/wise very clean & tight. "Why some couples grow closer and others apart..based on a landmark study.''..can help- expectant couples lay a foundation of love for the families they will be.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good*/Very Good*. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: Virago, 1990. pp304 includes index. plus pub.'s ads. Exterior page edges have very slight yellowing,spine crease & one corner turned, otherwise all very good. 'The Bonds of Love gives us Benjamin at her best, and psychoanalytic social theory at its best, as she demonstrates brilliantly the complex intertwining of familial, gender and social domination.'. Second Edtn: First UK Edtn. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harmondsworth Etc: Penguin Books, 1973. pp227. Tiny nick at head of spine, slight yellowing to extreme & exterior page edges. "..establishes the context of Laing's unique role of 'psychiatrist as prophet', and reviews in searching and critical essays the perforance of that role, fro the first writings on severe mental disorder to Laing's recent, more general assault on the foundations of civilization.". Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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Washington: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1986. pp206. Ex-library with usual distinctions, light crease to front bottom corner, small smudge to foredge; otherwise clean & tight. 'The papers included in this volume are by recognised authorities in the field of Multiple Personality Disorder.'. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Seaucus: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1975. pp188 includes index. Book is faded at spine ends, & foxed on top exterior page edges. Otherwise clean & tight. Unclipped jacket has tears etc along top edge with have been neatly repaired with transparent tape, plus very small chips at heel of spine. '...presents a stunning treatise on the effects of child-raising and culture on the war-like postures of a given society. Violence, hatred and conflict are as American as apple pie.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus - Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London & New York: The Free Press / Collier MacMillan Publishers, 1974. pp224 includes index. '.Is Skinner correct in claiming that popular beliefs about freedom are fictitious and misleading? do humans actually need freedom.The reactions to "Beyond Freedom and Dignity" were less the product of a dispassionate analysis of Skinner's ideas than a defensive rection to the anxiety his theme created. Finley Carpenter has done us a high service by explicating, in plain and accurate language, Skinner's thesis, giving as much space to its strengths as toi its weaknesses.'.. 1st Edition. Card. Near - As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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International School Psychology Steering Committee (?) Calvin D. Catterall (?), 1976. pp253. *Small pale stain on side exterior page edges, o/wise as new. Deals with school psychology in Latin America, Western Germany, American Depandent Schools overseas, French Quebec, Taiwan, English speaking Canada, Britain, Sweden, Australia, Denmark, Austria, Pakistan, New Zealand, Norway, Colombia.. First Methuen Edition. Wraps. Near - As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Wellington - Sydney - Auckland: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1978. pp140. Rub to coorners, slight fading to cover edges, small previous owner's sticker to inside back cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. more information

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New York Oxford Etc: Oxford University Press, 1991. pp366 includes index. As new except for longitudinal crease down front cover. '..fascinating tour of the origins and implications of the human brain and the factors that account for the dominance of humanity over all species.'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London Toronto Sydney New York: Granada, 1980. pp146 includes index. Unclipped jacket has some shelfwear & light discolouration to flaps, book boards bright, about 2 small fox spots to foredges. 'Denis Cronin, consultant psychiatrist at an Essx group of hospitals, explains in clear, non-technical language how a serious emotional disorder can develop out of apparently insignificant problems, how the condition can be successfully treated by drugs and psychotherapy, and how the sufferer and those around him can learn to recognise the symptoms and take appropriate action before the disorder becomes chronic.'.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near New/Near New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London Etc: Pitman Publishing, 1973. pp202. Jacket is clipped. Book has some fox to foredges & back eps, some very sparse fox to front eps. Previous owner's name to top of pastedown. Otherwise clean & tight. B/W illustrations. 'Although misfits are frequently hostile towrds society and are in return regarded with fear and suspicion, the authors show, in the final chapter, how certain misfits have a constructive and valuable message to those members of society prepared to listen.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus - Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London Etc: Penguin Books, 2001. pp376. Slightly yellowed exterior page edges. Title page signed 'Edward de Bono x'.. Signed by Author. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Harmondsworth: Penguin Books / Pelican, 1976. pp189 includes summary notes. Slight yellowing of exterior page edges, o/wise exceptionally clean & tight. '4 wyas to be right; 5 ways to be wrong; 5 ways to understand.'. Second Ed.: First Penguin / Pelican Ed.. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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London Etc: Penguin Books, 1990. pp260 plus pub.'s ads. Exterior page edges slightly yellowed, slight rub to corners, otherwise clean & tight. Signed 'Edward de Bono x' on title page.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Andover: Time-Life Books Inc., 1980. pp322 plus several pages of photographs. Name & date on ffep, otherwise in extremely good condition.Includes map.'This is an extraordinary book. Ostensibly a study of Eskimow life, it is actually a study of the Stone Age mind. There is nothing in or out of print quite like it, and it is not probable that anything like it will ever be written again. Books like this are really accidents; they are bor out of the wildly improbable chance that a particular kind of odd personality will encounter a particular kind of odd subject and that their meeting will ignite a totally unexpected flame. These things cannot be predicted; they just happen.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Tokyo New York San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd, 1986. pp180. 'A leading psychiatrist offers not only the most satisfying explanation of Japanese behavior yyet written, but a key to a new understanding of all basic human needs.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992. pp128. Faded area on cover; previous owners name & address on pretitle page. Light corner rub. O/wise very clean & tight. '.this would be a refreshing text for any course on modern political thought or feminist political theory. It raises, as perhaps few other texts at this level of accessibility do, the whole range of issues surrounding the construction of the self which underlie gender studies and contemporary political thought.'. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. pp131. *Copyright dates listed are 1928 & 1934 with no further publication detail; this is a 4th edtn so am unsure of pub. date. Browned at spine at edges with pale sparse fox to covers & tiny loss at heel of spine; otherwise clean & tight.. Fourth Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster - Pocket Books . pp233. yellowing to exterior page edges, otherwise clean & tight. The author spent years in Nazi death camps. During, & to some extent because of, this experience he deveoped a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy - logotherapy. 'At the core of his theory is the belief that man's primary motivational force is his search for meaning'. Reprint of 1985 Edition . Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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London, Melbourne and Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. pp148. Some fading to front panel of cover, o/wise excellent. "This collection of essays, gathered together by the author just before his death in 1980, forms a moving personal manifesto that summarises the life work of one of the twentieth century's great psychological and social thinkers.'. First UK Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Cambridge Etc: Cambridge University Press, 1978. pp177 i cludes index. Prev. owner's name & course on ffep; otherwise excellent. 'Our communication by speech can be seen as a remarkable series of transformations, involving the brain, the muscles, sound-waves, the ear and finally the brain again. Each stage is controlled by the most delicate mechanisms and monitored and monitored by an extremely sensitive feedback control...describes and explains all these processes in this elementary and comprehensive introduction to the study of human speech. He consiers to our remarkable ability to interpret speech, even in adverse circumstances (the cocktail party conversation problem), and the feat of its aquisition by the child. He finally describes the functions of the two halfs of the brain in speech communication, speech disorders and pathology and the relation between mental processes and speech.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: D Co, 1997. pp255, Light edgewear to top edge of jacket; otherwise excellent. Autobiography.The author has Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. 'Offering startling and deeply moving insights into a condition that has only recently achieved wider recognition....will be of immense value to families and professionals striving to understand autistic people in theirr care. But it also stands firmly on its own as a work of the highest literary quality, a beautifully written account of an agonising childhood by a woman with a natural gift for writing.'. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York Etc: Harper and Row. pp242. Small (1cm tear at base of spine, pale yellowing of extreme and exterior page edges. Very sparse fox to foredge, with 2 or 3 fox spots on ffep. O/all very clean & tight. 'When the props of society are taken away, how do people survive?' Based on the experience & journal of the author, wgho was a young American University teacher in Peking, when the Japanese, under the pressure of war, internned a diverse cross-section of foreigners in Shantung Compound. 'The moral problems arising in nthis polygot community were shocking and the responses often surprising. The camp became a living laboratory, a miniatire society that illustrated the human condition and moral dilemmas in a way that could not have been possible had more conventional conditions prevailed...a theologian's mature reflections on the condition ofman in times of stress.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good*. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc.. pp294 includes index. Bump on one corner and rub on another; o/wise near new. '..a practical and scholarly which marries the profundities of Jungian psychology with the age-old science of astrologyto provides fresh insights into ourselves and our relationships.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York London: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. pp160. Front board slightly bowed, previous owner's name neatly on ffep. Bottom part of jacket faded (yellow fades to cream, unsure whether this is original or not. Ripple to top edge of back jacket panel. Overall book presents as near new. 'This is by far the best book we have on the origins, the experience, and the practice of American eclectic psychotherapy.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: Allen Lane, 1974. pp310 incudes index. Book boards bright, fox to top exterior page edges, otherwise clean & tight. Unclipped jacket has long mended tearsto front panel, & short tears running along spine creases at head. "Most people gamble believing they are trying to win. In fact, most people lose. Why, then, do so many people gamble huge sums of money when the odds are regularly stacked against them? This book sets out to identify the diverse elements of gambling and to study the ways in which they interact. The first part of the book consists of a stimulating text by Peter Fuller, one of the editors. He not only sets earlier studies in their historical context, but also pioneers investigation into relatively uncharted ares: the relationship of gambling to religion, capitalism and pornography. As well as expanding and criticising in detail the ideas of the authors represented in the collection.develops the thesis that gambling has the characteristics of obseessional neuroes, rather than those of the addictions.After.there follow, gathered here together for the first time, the key texts on gambling - gamblingseen not from a sociological point of view but from a psychological standpoint.Copiously annotated, with a comprehensive bibliography.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London Etc: Rider, 1971. pp256 includes index. Some cover wear, pencil underlinings/marginalia. Browning to exterior page edges & some pale staining to index. Better than it sounds. 'This book - originally published some thirty years ago - was one of the fiirst to look seriously at the ancient religions and show that the insights embodied in them express profound and enduring psychological truths.' "Valuable and important'- Jung.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1973. pp497 includes index. '.one of the best exposittions of Jung's psychology. She has succeeded in making Jung less baffling and in destroying the frequently heard claim that he is inscrutable.'. Third Edtn; First Princeton / Bollingen. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 2000. pp251.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1965. pp166. *light rub to tips, small discolouration back cover; presantation stamp first free ep, Otherwise as new.. 1st Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Wilmette: Chiton Publications, 1988. pp147 includes index.* Corners of cover are well rubbed, edgewear. Otherwise clean & tight. 'This book is an encounter with the unconscious and an invitation to readers to plumb further their own depths.' (from the introduction by the translator). First English Language Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good*. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Auckland: Pupuke Press, 1981. pp128. Insides of covers discoloured, otherwise clean & tight. Contents: Introduction; You have a gene for madness; Your nerves are tangled; Your molecules are twisted; Your personality has been warped; Your family is screwy; You are uptight; A review of therapies; Psychiatric repair shops; A quest for madness; Psychiatric expansionism; Conclusion.'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster / Free Press Paperback , 1994. pp871. *1994 is the original publication date of the first Free Press p/back edtn; this is a reprint. Tiny indent on front cover panel, small pale (almost invisible) smudge to top exterior page edges.Otherwise as new. 'Dr Jameson's Touched With Fire is a remarkable achievement. As a scientist who has ddone distinctive research in the mood changes of manic-depressive illness, she writes with jargon-free eloquence of the interaction of the illness and the artistic temperament.' '...enalrges our understanding of the creative process in new and unexpected ways....combines pyschiatric sense with artistic sensibility in an original and marvelous book.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near - As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York: HarperPerennial, 1991. pp101. Some very pale yellowing to extreme page edges, otherwise excellent. "According to Johnson, regaining the power of feminine feeling and value is critical to the development of human peace and consciousness and he uses modern novels and other stories to illminate the need to reintegrate femininity into modern life.'. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1929. pp424 includes index + pp8 pub.'s ads. Boards very good, some sparse fox to foredges, again some sparse fox to first/last eps. Previous owner's name on ffep. Incomplete split between last contents page & first page of text - else, and overall, tight. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good - Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"Tall. more information

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Pacific Grove Etc: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. pp74. Stapled booklet will cost less to post than website shipping estimates. 'The perfect reference for anyone studying biological psychology.'. Fifth Edtn: Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: Sheldon Press, 1980. pp182. Edgeworn, with some marks on exterior page edges; otherwise clean & tight. '...highly original book, Sheldon Kopp a practising psychologist and teacher, challenges the techniques employed by analysts and psychiatrists in guiding their patients.....argues that their are no hidden meanings in life and that our lives have only the significance we give them. Thus "Killing the Buddha on the Road' means destroying the hope that anything outside ourselves can be our master.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London Etc: Tavistock Publications, 1985. pp260. Slightly darkened strip down side of cover & a very few pale fox spots at edge of pretitle page; o/wise book is as new. 'All those involved in social work, be they students, practitioners or teachers should read it; for it concerns loss, and assisting people to deal with losses of one kind or anotheris the social worker's commonest task.here is a book that helps them to do this with sensitivity, insight and compassion.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York: Pantheon Books, 1976. pp87. Unclipped jacket has 3/4 tear to top edge of back panel. 'Do You Love Me? resembles knots, but goes further, both in its form and in its subject matter. Dr Laing ranges accross the span of human emotions, from those of families and lovers to those of strangers and enemies. His verses include brief apercus, complex exchanges, new lyrics for old songs, and savage maxims for everyday life.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: The Women's Press Limited , 1989. pp236. 'This is a stimulating and positive collection of essays by women who have direct experience, personal or professional, of anorexia nervosa, bulimia and compulsive eating. Analysing the complex social forces which dominate our lives and affect our relationship with our bodies, the authors insist that it is not the medical establishment which offers us the chance to reclaim our bodies, but the unique understandings offered by the women's liberation movement and the insights of woman-centered therapy.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York: Anchor Press, 1984. pp247. Rubbed at corners, with a few sparse specks of fox to foredge; pencil marginalia to introduction. '..has captured the spectrum of emotions and problems which emerge around the dying process in a very clear manner, and one that has practical application for everyone. This is a book on life, a book that integrates death into the context of life.'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Porirua: The New Zealand Society for Music Therapy, 2003. pp101.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970. pp189 9includes index. Small numerals on ffep, small mark on back cover, foredges pale yellowing. Otherwise very clean & tight. A neuropsychological aproach. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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North Hollywood: Melvin Powers / Wilshire Book Company. pp183 plus pub.'s ads. Copyright date 1967, this copy undated. 'This book is an introduction to graphology, a science whereby man can analyse and evaluate handwriting through a set pattern of principles and so ascertain the personal qualities of the writer.'. Second Ed.; First Powers / Wilshire Ed... Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London Etc: Penguin Books, 1991. pp320. Faded strip adjacent to spine, remainder mark on bottom exterior edge, thin slice off ep to remove previous owner's name. Pale yellowing of exterior page edges & ep. Better than it sounds. 'There is only one word for this correspondence: overwhelming. It is as if Voltaire and Rosseau, or Lenin and Throtsky had written to each other every day.'. First Thus Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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