Garden City: Doubleday and Company Inc, 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. "In text written especially to complement the Harrises' bold illustrations, Father Berrigan draws on personal experiences, particularly in prison, to explore the symbolism of the cross. At the same time, he commments on war, the Church, madness and sanity, the individual's evaluation of his role in society, and the cross itself as it has been and can become for each person" (jacket). Thin Quarto. Grey cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Ex-library marking in red pen to front free endpaper and to half title page. Full page color illustrations. In orange dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Sunning to spine of jacket. Closed tears and wear to edges of jacket. Minor rubbing and light soiling to jacket. Clean interior. Unpaginated. REL/062520. Very Good / Very Good. More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1928. Hardcover. General Series No. 141. Inscribed by the author "Prof T.M. Lowry from W.R.B." on the front free endpage. Thomas Martin Lowry (1874 - 1936) was an English physical chemist who developed the Bronsted-Lowry acid theory and was a founding member and president of the Faraday Society. He published a few hundred papers and several books. Red cloth spine with beige paper covered boards. Beige paper title label with red title to spine. Darkening and a few small chips to spine label. Browning and rubbing to covers and spine. Foxing to endpages and a few spots of foxing to interior pages. Previous owner's signature in pencil to front endpage. 132 pages plus 1 pages of ads. PSYCH/080912. Very Good. More

London and New York: Routledge, [2011]. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in blue paper covered boards with white title to spine and front cover. Light rubbing to covers, else fine. Pristine interior. Issued without dust jacket. 144 pages plus advertisement. PSYCH/080912. Fine. More

Maureen Cummins, 2016. Hardcover. Number 34 of 40 copies. Signed the artist. In this powerful work, noted book artist Maureen Cummins investigates the dark side of the history of psychosurgery, as exemplified by the career of Doctor Walter Freeman (1895-1972), a professor of neurology who became known as the father of lobotomy by single-handedly popularizing the pre-frontal lobotomy in America. Although he had no formal training in either surgery or psychology, Freeman modified the traditional procedure for lobotomies by driving ice picks through his patients’ eye sockets rather than drilling into the skull to sever nerve connections in the prefrontal cortex to treat mental illness. Despite his championing of his procedure he admitted that lobotomies often created childlike behavior or a vegetative state in patients. Hundreds of patients died. The controversial procedure also raised numerous questions about patients’ rights, the abuse of institutional power, and the disproportionate targeting of women. Of the more than 3000 patients that Freeman operated on, two-thirds were women. Cummins uses physical rape as an analogy for neurological penetration, a form of sexualized violence that was perpetuated for decades in the name of medical progress. She visualizes this by a series of laser cut holes that bore through each page, becoming smaller page by page.The holes penetrate reproduced images of lobotomy patients’ heads and on the last page the title “The Rapist” becomes “Therapist?” The images of women are from 'before-and-after” photos used in Freeman’s textbook, which are re-contextualized, with lines of typography serving as blindfolds, reclaiming for these women a measure of dignity, humanity, and anonymity. The pages of the book are laser-cut aluminum with silkscreen-printed text and imagery. The covers are also laser-cut aluminum with a large hole that reveals the subsequent holes and "The" and "rapist" on either side of the cover's hole. The pages are attached to the cover by two ring binders. Housed in an aluminum box with a metal title label affixed to the top. In fine condition. 16 pages. 24” x 9” x 1” open 12” x 9” x 1 closed. ARTISTSB/100419. Fine. More

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Henry F. Burt's copy with his name inked to the front free endpage. Henry F. Burt (1897 - 1996) was a noted social worker who was commited to helping the poor and less fortunate. He became involved in the settlement house movement and worked on the staff of Graham Taylor's Chicago Commons Settlement House [University of Rhode Island Library: Guide to the Burt / Bock family papers 1831 - 1996]. Very good in dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Fraying to spine ends with small loss to book cloth, light fraying to corners, and light rubbing to joints. Interior is clean overall with a few marginal ticks lightly penciled on about ten pages. Two pages have been opened haphazardly leaving a small chip along the edge of the page. A nice, clean copy of this scarce work. 159 pages. PSYCH/022613. Very Good. More

Dorset Press, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. Minor fading to edges. Clean, tight interior. Grey dust jacket with blue title to spine. 310 pages. PSYCH/033106. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More

London: Printed for C. Dilly in the Poultry; and J. Phillips, 1788. Hardcover. Uncommon First Edition. William Falconer (1744-1824) was an English physician who was a frequent contributor of papers to learned societies on a range of medical subjects. He wrote on such topics as bath waters, nephritis, fevers, gout, and the influence of climate. This work was the first psychiatric prize essay awarded the Fothergillian Medal in 1787 by the Medical Society of London. Bound in contemporary mottled goatskin, with gilt ruled panels, raised spine bands, and embossed compartmental fleurons, with red leather spine label. Embossed library stamp to the title page and one internal page. There is light foxing throughout, and a few pages are neatly repaired at the gutters, else a handsome copy. 105 pages plus advertisements. MED/032520. Very Good. More

New York: Basic Books, 1960. Hardcover. Selected and edited by Ernst L. Freud. Translated by Tania and James Stern. Very good in cream cloth with gilt lettering. Psychology. PSY1/6200. Very Good. More

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, Binghamton University Art Museum, State University of New York, (2000). Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY LUCY DANIELS TO BARBARA YOUNG. Lucy Daniels is an author, psychologist, and founder of the Lucy Daniels Foundation. Dr. Barbara Young is a physchiatrist and photographer. 4to. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with silver title to front board and to spine. Inscription to front free end page reads "For Barbara Young - With love and appreciation. Lucy Daniels, April 2, 2000." Slight musty smell. Else is clean and bright and filled with illustrations. Black illustrated dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Rubbing to dust jacket. Index, 304 pages. PSY/010918. Near Fine / Very Good. More

MA: Harvard Review of Psychiatry / BrunnerRoutledge Taylor and Francis Healthsciences, 2004. Hardcover. Quarto. Fine in glossy white paper covered boards with red title to spine panel. Clean and bright. 376 pages plus index. PSYCH/022613. Fine. More

New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. Hardcover. First American edition. Hollander (1864-1934) was the last serious phrenologist, and this work contains a wealth of information on cerebral localization. Includes 26 inserted plates, some of which are in color. Very good in original blue cloth with gilt title to cover and spine. Light wear to corners and spine ends with short closed tear to head of spine. Internally clean. 507 pages plus plates. Very Good. More

Washington, D.C. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1977. Hardcover. SCARCE. Near fine in maroon cloth covered boards with black & gilt title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior with graphs and charts throughout. In very good white & blue dust jacket (some minor chipping to the edges, light soiling) with white title to front panel and blue title to spine. Nice, tight binding. Index, 204 pp. Psychology. PSY/11243. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. More