Sexual Aberrations The Phenomena of Fetish in Relation to Sex. Complete Set in Two Vols. w/Dust Jackets
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, (1940). Library Edition. Two volumes hardbound in dust jackets. Two vols. 8vo. Pp. x, 369; vi, 355. "Authorized English Version from the First German Edition by S. Parker." Bound in pale-pink cloth with gilt lettering and rules stamped on spine. Each top edge with a superficial dampstain, not intruding into text block. In the dust jackets, price-clipped, with slight edge-wear and darkening of spines. Very Good+ / Very Good-. Item #5624 Stekel, the esteemed and referenced physician and psychologist, was one of Freud's earliest disciples and, despite a falling out due to personal (not theoretical) differences, remained a vital influence in the development of psychoanalysis. Nevertheless, the publication of this set for distribution in the U.S. was likely marketed more to an educated-pervy bourgeois readership than the scientific academy. GRINSTEIN, 31662. Dust jackets are now enclosed in removable, clear archival sleeves.
Library edition, being the second in English; first English language edition was 1930. Albeit a "library edition," that designation was designed to circumvent postal inspection laws prohibiting the shipment of lewd material. This set is not ex-library, and remains free of all stamps and ownership signatures.
Price: $65.00