Mettler Fred a Editor (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Description: A significant mid-century work in psychopathology by Carney Landis, edited by neurologist and anatomist Fred A. Mettler. The volume examines subjective accounts and varieties of abnormal psychological experience, drawing heavily on first-person descriptions and clinical literature. Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1964. Bibliographic sources confirm the first edition and 484-page collation. Detailed Condition: Hardcover volume remains structurally sound with binding firm and pages clean overall. Mild age toning to text block. Dust jacket shows considerable rubbing and surface wear, scattered scuffing, edge wear, and small chips at extremities. Noticeable area of paper loss/abrasion from removal of an old label or sticker on the upper front panel. Additional small rubbed and abraded areas to front panel and spine. Jacket remains complete and presents reasonably well despite wear. No major internal defects visible in the photographs. Shipping / Returns: Carefully packed and shipped with tracking. Thirty-day returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. PSYCH 1a. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, large octavo volume bound in genuine dark blue top-grain leather, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 1215 pages. Index of Personal names in Text and Subject Index. Prefaces by both author and editor, along with a ist of General (Bibliographical) References. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. This special limited edition was prepared from the first edition of 1947. First edition thus, number 921, with original subscriber's personalized book-plate, bearing limitation number, affixed to blank verso of first end-paper. A clean, fresh, copy with a touch of wear to gilt edge at bottom of bulked pages from shelving. Near fine. A heavy book, Priority and International orders will be charged postage at actual cost.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Mettler, Cecilia C., Late Assistant Professor of Medical History, University of Georgia School of Medicine; edited by Fred A. Mettler, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. History of Medicine: A Correlative Text, Arranged According to Subjects. With 16 illustrations. Philadelphia and Toronto: The Blakiston Company, 1947. Copyright 1947, printed in the United States of America by the Maple Press Company, York, Pa. Hardcover in red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Condition: Very Good. The red cloth is clean with light general wear. Photographs are part of the listing detail. Carefully packed for shipment. Domestic shipping via USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. Expedited and international shipping available where permitted. Returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 6c. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publisher's original maroon cloth with spine lettering and ruling gilt, quarto, pp. xxix, 1215. Endpaper maps. Sixteen portrait illustrations as called for (Frontis and 15 others used as chapter heads). Previous owner tasteful Hippocrates-themed bookplate on front pastedown. Shelf bumping at bottom board tips. Also, PLEASE NOTE that previous owner, a now deceased physician, looks to have applied a light shellac coating to the boards, perhaps to prevent scuffing to the binding? A curious undertaking, yet somehow noble just the same. It did not work, however, as there is moderate scuffing on the rear panel of this heavy book (see image for our best attempt at a close-up).…

Leatherbound. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. 1st. 1st thus, limited editon reprinting (facsimile) of the original 1947 edition printed by Blakiston; deep purple full leather w/raised bands; all edges heavy gilt; satin marker bound in, marbled end papers; 1215 clean, unmarked pages; ownr's plate Size: 8 vo. 16 Illustrations Including a Frontis portrait of the Author (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 8vo. Facsimile. Two volumes in one. Special Edition privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Publishers top-grain cowhide. Boards decoratively brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold. Title on spine in gilt. A.E.G. Ribbon marker. xxix, 1215 pp. Illustrated. Fine. …