The Mask of Sanity: An Attempt to Clarify Some Issues About the So-Called Psychopathic Personality

St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company, 1955. Rare third edition. Blue buckram (cloth) boards, silver stamped cover design and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bump, rub. Classic '50's designed face w/mask in foreground of silver stamped face. Pages good; name at frt. endps, some underscore, marginalia, four paperclip indentations. Bind good; hinges intact. Attractive example. "Non teneas aurum toum quod splendet ut aurum." (Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold) - Alanus de Insulis. Psychopathic disorders are examined, and, in this edition Cleckley's analysis is expanded upon. Written by American psychiatrist Hervey M. Cleckley, first published in 1941, describing Cleckley's clinical interviews with patients in a locked institution. Considered to be a seminal work and most influential clinical description of psychopathy. The basic elements of psychopathy outlined by Cleckley are as relevant today as when first published. The title refers to the normal "mask" that conceals the mental disorder of the psychopathic person in Cleckley's conceptualization. Includes detailed index and bibliography. 596 pages. Insured post.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.