On the Nightmare
$40 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · In dust jacket
London, England: Hogarth Press, 1931. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/G+/No Jacket. Vol. #20 in the International Psycho-Analytical Library edited by Jones, this is a FIRST EDITION, first printing, from Leonard & Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press, 1931. It offers a psychoanalytic (Freudian) perspective on nightmares, linking them to medieval superstitions about vampires, werewolves, the devil, & witches, as well as to "infantile sexuality" & the "primordial conflict over incest." Extensive sections on etymology & the function of religion in understanding dreams. In 374 pages with a glossy Frontispiece depicting J. H. Fuseli's "The Nightmare" (1782), Author & General Indices, Preface, this hardcover 8vo is in VG-/Good+ condition: medium green cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt to spine show rubbing to extremities, heavier at both ends of spine & all corners. It is an Ex-Lib copy, with the usual stamps & markings (from Tulane University) in front & rear. Underlining & a few marginal notes in some chapters, else generally quite clean, binding strong & straight. Repair with clear tape to gutter where frontispiece meets title page. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
- Publisher: Hogarth Press
- Year: 1931
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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