From Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.
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BARSCHAK, Erna. MY AMERICAN ADVENTURE. NY: Ives Washburn Inc., [1945]. 8vo., decorative blue cloth in the original dust jacket; 148 pages. First Edition. The biography a psychology professor at Berlin University and her eventual immigration to America at the very beginning of World War II- her ship was torpedoed on its way over. Berschak became a psychology professor at Ohio University and lectured on enemy psychological profiles to soldiers during the war. Signed inscription from Barschak on the front endpaper: "With best compliments, Erna Barschak. June, 1946." With the personal bookplate of Ruth Ortleb on the front pastedown. Ortleb was a contemporary of Barschak's and taught psychology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She was one of three psychologists who signed the incorporation papers for the Ohio Psychiatrist Association and a scholarship at Miami University is named for her. A nice association copy and a rare book, either signed or in the original dust jacket. Very Good (little discoloration covers; contents clean & tight); some wear & tiny chips (shallow chipping along edge near spine ends; tear along spine neatly repaired internally with professional archival tape) d/j. $125.00. Seller Inventory # 3324
Bibliographic Details
Title: MY AMERICAN ADVENTURE
Publication Date: 1945
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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