Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety by David Small - 1984-09

London, UK: J M Dent & Sons, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, 1st printing. 184pp. In grey cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles on spine (cloth gently rounded at spine ends). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (slightly bumped at edges, a little shelf wear). Smail examines the world around us, questioning its reality and our perceptions, and links our understanding of society to feelings of anxiety, pressure to conform and individuality. 8vo.

London & Melbourne: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1984 Book. Very Good. Grey Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Proposition that phobias, obsessions and even physical pain are a natural response to a painful world, for whose creation we must all bear some responsibility. 184pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Lower board somewhat bowed, some bumping to base of spine and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..