Psicologia

Prospero and Caliban

O. Mannoni; Pamela Powesland (translator) · 1956 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1956. Cloth. A scarce translation of this work by Octave Mannoni. Translated from the French. The psychology of colonization. A collection of essays on dependence, inferiority, phycological dependence and political independence. Written by Octave Man...

Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this collection of essays concerning fear by A. C. Benson. Arthur Christopher Benson was an English essayist and poet, highly regarded for his literary criticism, poems, volume of essays, and noted ghost s...

Psycho-Therapy: Its Doctrine and Practice

Elizabeth Severn · 1935 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Rider and Co. 1935. Cloth. A scarce copy of this fourth impression volume on psycho-therapy by Elizabeth Severn. A work on psycho-therapy by psychoanalyst Elizabeth Severn, the fourth impression of this scarce work. Looking at psychotherapy practices and doctrine, with...

Feeding the Mind

Lewis Carroll · 1907 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1907. Cloth. A first edition of a delightful psychological musing by Lewis Carroll, author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland&apos. The first edition of the work. With an introduction by English hymn writer and clergyman, William H. Draper....

A Phrenological Chart of Character

E. Stackpool O'Dell; Mrs. E. Stackpool O'Dell · 1906 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, The London Phrenological Institution , 1906 . Cloth. A scarce work documenting the research of E. Stackpool O'Dell and his wife in the field of phrenology, with handwritten notes presenting their findings. Scarce work.Bound in the publisher's original red clo...

A Treatise on the Seven Rays: Esoteric Psychology. Volume I.

Alice A. Bailey · 1950 · Rooke Books

£424.00 (€508.30 | $560.26 | ¥89,477)

London, Lucis Press Limited, 1950 . Cloth. The third edition of the first volume of Alice Bailey's five volume Theosophical work 'A Treatise on the Seven Rays', in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The third edition of this work, first published in 1936.Vol...

The Theosophical Review

Various · 1926 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, The Theosophical Society , 1926-28. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two issues of the Theosophical Review published in the 1920s, presented in the original paper wraps. Originally known as 'Lucifer', the Theosophical Review was founded by Helena Blavatsky in 1887. Its ori...

Timidity: How to Overcome It; Personality: How to Build It (Mental Efficiency Series)

Yoritomo-Tashi; H. Laurent · 1916 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, Funk and Wagnalls Company , 1916. Cloth. A charming pair of self-help books published for this 'Mental Efficiency Series&apos. The authorised editions of these works, published under the 'Mental Efficiency Series&apos.In the original cloth bindings. This s...

Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance

Samuel Smiles · 1866 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1866. Cloth. A smart new edition of Smiles' best-selling work on the virtues of self-reliance. New edition. The best-selling Victorian commentary on the virtues of self-help, industry, and perseverance which has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian...

Man and His Sexual Relations, Including Childhood, Youth, Manhood & Married Life

John Thompson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

Scarboro', by the author at Broughton House, 1892 . Leather. With vignette illustrations throughout, this is a very scarce enlarged two volume edition of John Thompson's detailed examination of male sexuality. Complete as two volumes, bound in one.A 'New Edition...

Tristesses Et Sourires

Gustave Droz · 1888 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Victor-Havard, 1888. Leather. A later edition of Antoine Gustave Droz's analysis of family relationships. The sixty-seventh edition. A delicate analysis of the niceties of family intercourse and its difficulties. Complete with half title. In the original French. W...

The Character of a Soldier

Philantropos · 1821 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, R. Carlile, 1821. First edition. Cloth. Cloth bound, sharp copy of this very scarce pamphlet concerned with the character of a soldier. Very scarce pamphlet, rarely seen on the market and not listed in any institutional library. Published by Richard Carlile and sold f...

The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man: Mental and Social Conditions of Savages

The Right Hon. Lord Avebury · 1911 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1911. Cloth. A new issue of this study of ancient civilisation by Lord Avebury. A fascinating study of social history by John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. A reissue from the sixth edition of this work, first published in 1870. Containing a comprehen...

Melancholy; As It Proceeds from the Disposition and Habit, the Passion of Love, and the Influence of Religion. Drawn Chiefly from the Celebrated Work Intitled Burton&Apos;S Anatomy of Melancholy; and in Which the Kinds, Causes, Consequences and Cures of This English Malady "- Are Traced from Within "Its Inmost Centre to Its Outmost Skin.

Robert Burton · 1801 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Vernor and Hood, 1801. Leather. A revised version of Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, bound in full tree calf. In a full tree calf binding. Frontispiece engraving depicting melancholy. Tailpieces to each chapter. Robert Burton (157701640) was an English author who ...

A Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties; Principles of Physiology Applied to the Preservation of Health

Adolphe Quetelet; Andrew Combe · 1842 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers; Maclachlan, Stewart & Co, 1842-1843. First edition. Leather. The scarce first English translation of Adolphe Quetelet's work on statistics and social sciences, bound with Andrew Combe's 'Principles of Physiology&apos. Two ...

The Colour-Sense: Its Origin and Development. An Essay in Comparative Psychology.

Grant Allen · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1892. Cloth. A smart second edition of this interesting psychological work on colour in nature from Canadian science writer Grant Allen. Second edition. Exploring the question of colour in nature, its manifestation in the orga...

Die Emanation Der Psychophysischen Energie

Dr Naum Kotik · 1908 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Wiesbaden, J. F. Bergmann, 1908. Paperback. An investigation into telepathy in connection with a radioactive brain, in the German language. German language. The report of an experimental investigation into direct telepathy related to the question of brain radioactivity. Writte...

Fragmens Psychologiques Sur la Folie

Francois Leuret · 1834 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Paris, Crochard, Librarie Editeur, 1834. First edition. Paperback. Psychological Fragments Of Madness. First edition Includes information on hallucinations, visions and the terror of damnation. Psychological Fragments Of Madness. First edition Includes information on hallucina...

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments

Edmund Gosse · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, William Heinemann, 1936 . Leather. A lovely copy of Gosse's psychological biography, in a full morocco binding. In full morocco. With a photographic frontispiece of Gosse and his father.Father and Son, originally subtitled 'A Study of Two Temperaments',...

Liberties of the Mind

Charles Morgan · 1951 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of thought-provoking lectures and essays by Charles Morgan, inscribed by the author to the title page. Including sections on mind control, the liberty of self-renewal, instances and principles....