The Use of the Self by Alexander F Matthias (33 results)

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.5.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25.

Condition: Fair. 1955. Reprinted. 97 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Binding remains firm. Moderate tanning to pages throughout. Sticker to title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Dent to top edge of front board. Water stain to rear board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Stickers to flaps. Wear marks overall.

Condition: Fair. 1939. Reprint. 143 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Mild staining to pages on occasion. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with tanning to spine. Minor scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Boards are bowed.

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprint. 97 pages. Red dust jacket with white lettering over black cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Minimal foxing to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Minor tanning and soiling to DJ.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, 97pp, index etc. This is the third edition (reprinted) with new preface by Alexander . [CONDITION: VERY GOOD clean and tight unmarked copy (pages moderately tanned) ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.35.

paperback. Condition: Wie neu. 151 Seiten; 9780951930403.1 Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. 8vo in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, 97pp, index etc. This is the third edition (reprinted) with new preface by Alexander . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE clean and tight unmarked copy (pages tanned) in a moderately tanned but otherwise FINE complete Dust Jacket. An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Very aged / worn / yellowed.

2nd printing hardback in original cloth Nice copy small octavo xix + 143pp., appendix, index, With an introduction by Professor John Dewey. Scarce & important.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce first edition hardcover of Alexander's most well know title. Reprinted January 1939. With an introduction by Professor John Dewey. Mild toning to endpapers and front pastedown, else fine condition, unmarked. Very hard to find these 1930's copies in any condition. No dustjacket. Book tight and bright with no foxing, unmarked bright red cloth binding, gilt spine lettering. 19cm x 14cm 16mo. 144pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Third edition. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, with the binding a touch cocked, but they remain strong and sturdy in spite of this. Internally, there are previous owners' stamp markings and signatures to the early pages but there are no other markings or inscriptions and the pages within are neat, clean and complete. The binding is sound. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

8vo. pp 123. Publisher's file copy with stamp 'FILE COPY' on title page.New introduction by Wilfred Barlow. Fine in fine dust wrapper. First Edition Thus.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint from the same year as the first edition. Pages clean and bright with occasional light spotting, spotting on closed edges, pencilled annotation on rear pastedown, binding firm, some rubbing to the gilt titles on spine, light shelf wear to edges of boards but boards otherwise neat. Size: 8vo.

First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original light blue cloth, the upper cover and spine panel lettered in gilt. xix, 143 pp. A good copy, the binding tight and the text-block in good order, some mellowing down of the spine panel, a bit of wear to the tips, and overall evidence of use or age. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK BY ALEXANDER. The scientific and biological breakthroughs inherent in the work of F. Matthias Alexander are legendary. Today, across the globe there are many teachers and students of the discipline known as the Alexander technique. The famous educator, psychologist and author John Dewey, as constant pupil of the author wrote that "the technique of Mr. Alexander gives to the educator a standard of psycho-physical health--in which what we call morality is included. It supplies also the "means whereby" this standard may be progressively and endlessly achieved, becoming a conscious possession of the one educated. It provides therefore the conditions for the central direction of all special educational processes. It bears the same relation to education that education itself bears to all other human activities.It contains in my judgment the promise and potentiality of the new direction that is needed in all education.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. Second reprint with an introduction by Professor John Dewey. This copy includes a rare dustjacket printed with an illustration and a blurb piece on the front cover, kept in good shape within protective plastic and showing only minor loss and discolouration to it's edges, and a very faint speckle of foxing here and there. Light shelf wear to the boards and spine and spine gilding remains bright. More mild foxing to the textblock edges, pastedowns and endpapers which very rarely encroaches onto the inner pages. A few pages have hairline creases but all text remains legible. Occasional shallow cracks to the gutters but the majority of the binding remains decently tight. A solidly Good Condition book overall for it's age. The dust jacket description describes this book as 'A book that should be of the greatest benefit to the present generation. To be successful it is essential to have the fullest control of our powers; yet the majority through lack of control are unable to express themselves completely or adjust to their environment. The author gives illustrations to show that this is due to their misdirection of the use of their physical and mental mechanisms, and he here describes with commendable lucidity the technique he has developed by means of which this misdirection can be changed.'.