ISBN: 9780876900376 - The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity (10 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition First Printing. "A humanistic case study" of John Merrick, who, though he began life "wholly wretched" with a severe bone & skin disorder & was cruelly exploited as a freak in various circuses, nonetheless triumphed & emerged as a "loving, gentle, dignified human being" after being befriended & treated with respect toward the end of his life. Served as part of the basis for the 1980 David Lynch movie starring John Hurt in the title role. In 140 pages with References & black-and-white illustrations throughout. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing (American), from 1971, this hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards lettered in bright orange to spine. Condition is Near Fine: very clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with moderate tanning around all edges, but completely unmarked. A hint of rubbing to extremities, corners crisp. Clear tape residue inside both covers where former owner had taped DJ. The unclipped DJ (with $5.95 price intact to front flap) is Good+, with darkening, light soil, & chipping at both ends of spine; protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. …

8vo. x, 140 pp. Numerous photo plates. Blue publisher's boards, red lettering on spine (light uniform interior toning as usual), w/ d.j. cover art by Ellen Graves Seham (slight chipping head & foot of spine, minor age toning, shelfwear), still VG/VG copy, from the library of Elof Axel Carlson (1931-2025), noted geneticist, historian of science, and fierce opponent of eugenics. First edition, first American printing ($ 5.95 price on front flap), of this informative and influential humanistic anthropological study which detailed the experiences of John Merrick who suffered from a severe bone & skin disorder, was exhibited as a circus sideshow, and yet still remained a gentle and dignified human being. The work was also adapted into the Tony Award-winning play of the same name starring Billy Crudup, and the 1980 film by David Lynch starring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, and Anne Bancroft. Montagu (1905-1999) was a noted anthropologist and social biologist who was as equally opposed to eugenics as Carlson, dismantled the concepts of men's superiority to women, and was one of the key scientists who wrote the bill for the formation of the National Science Foundation.…