368pp. Beige boards with embossed black lettering. Prev. owner name stamp, signature on the front endpaper. Light crease on the lower spine edge, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket has the original 3.00 price. There is liftoff on the upper corners of the front panel, a chip and tape on lower spine, as well as a tape ghost on the upper spine,.In mylar sleeve. A First Edition of this classic work. "Reich developed a system of psychoanalysis that concentrated on overall character structure rather than on individual neurotic symptoms. His early work on psychoanalytic technique was overshadowed by his involvement in the sexual politics movement and by orgonomy, a pseudoscientific system he developed." Size: Octavo.

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Title: The Function of the Orgasm Sex-Economic Problems of Biological Energy
Publisher: Orgone Institute Press, New York
Publication Date: 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: good-

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