New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Book. Good. Hardcover. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. A psychological portrait of three strange and tortured men, at odds with themselves and with society: a blind and lonely fantast, a necrophile with a green thumb, and an articulate homosexual. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover, blue cloth spine with gold lettering and decoration (light soiling to spine gutters, two short closed tears to cloth at top of spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper. 297 pgs. Introduction by Gordon W. Allport. 1954 on title page with Knopf symbol, no statement of edition on copyright page, small "1" by printer's symbol. Dustjacket is not price clipped (3.75 on front inside flap), small chips at top and bottom spine edges, closed edge tears, fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover..

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Bookseller: Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 017323
Title: Three Men: An Experiment in the Biography of Emotion
Author: Evans, Jean
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, MEN IN SOCIETY
Bookseller catalogs: Psychology; Society;

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Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....