Rivers, W H R [ William Halse Rivers ] & Smith, G Elliot [editor] — Psychology And Other Essays

Kegan Paul, trench, Trubner & Co Ltd 1923 1st edition. Cloth, VG. viii+181pp+10pp publishers adverts, hinges repaired at some time with archival tape ( prior to the book being for sale at Parker's Oxford as their booksellers ticket overlays the tape ), cloth marked, endpapers foxed, a fair copy. A collection of six essays by William Halse Rivers Rivers, [ 1864 - 1922 ] who is perhaps best known for his work treating First World War officers who were suffering from shell shock. Rivers' most famous patient was the poet Siegfried Sassoon. In Sassoon's autobiography ( written under the guise of The Memoirs of George Sherston) Rivers is one of the few characters to retain their original names. There is a whole chapter devoted to Rivers and he is immortalised by Sassoon as a near demi-god who saved his life and his soul.