The Mentality Of Apes by Kohler, Wolfgang - 1925

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1925 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First English Edition. Large 8vo. viii, 342 pp, list of 9 b&w illustrations, preface, translator's note, introduction, I. Roundabout Methods; II. The Use of Implements; III. The Use of Implements (cont.) handling of Objects; IV. The Making of Implements; V. The Making of Implements (cont.) Building; VI. Detours Round Separate Intervening Objectives; VII. "Chance" and "Imitation"; VIII. The Handling of Forms; conclusion, appendix: some contributions to the psychology of chimpanzees with 9 plates and 19 figures. Translated by Ella Winter from the Edition Revised Edition. "We wished to ascertain the degree of relationship between anthropoid apes and man in a field which seems to us particularly important, but on which we have as yet little information, that is, as regards the intelelctual capacity of animals." Inked name ffep. Foxing, mostly to gutters endpapers with lightly age-toned text block edges, else, , Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..