Sanity, Madness and the Family
by R. D. Laing
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Not Signed. 1st Edition. Basic Books, Inc, New York, 1964. First Edition/Second Printing Hardcover in very good to fine condition except for three library black stamps, one to the top of the text block, one to the bottom and one on the front free endpaper. Otherwise no other library markings, pockets, etc... Dust jacket is not price clipped and is unmarred except for a tiny tear at the bottom of the spine front, the top and bottom of the cover back. Some other frey and wear here and there but now looks great in mylar cover. Label removed from rear endpaper. Text is clean and unmarked. "Laing's views on the causes and treatment of serious mental dysfunction, greatly influenced by existential philosophy, ran counter to the chemical and electro shock methods becoming the psychiatric orthodoxy of the day. " - Wikipedia.
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- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000219
- Title
- Sanity, Madness and the Family
- Author
- R. D. Laing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Psychology Psychiatry Psychotherapy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology;
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Winding Road Books
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About Winding Road Books
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