- Spine sl. sunned. Contents very fine. = Grinstein 227.
- Paper sl. brittle.
= Grinstein 256; Norman Library F54: "Freud described the psychological processes and techniques of jokes, which he likened to the processes and techniques of dream-work; discusses the purpose of jokes, distinguishing between harmless and tendentious ones; and established the psychogenesis of jokes in the young child's pleasure in playing with words as if they were objects. 1,050 copies of the first edition were printed, which took seven years to sell."
- Two small owner's entries in pen and ink on first free endpaper. A fine and clean copy.
= Norman, F27 ("Studies in Hysteria, which gives the first detailed account of the free-association method, is customarily regarded as the starting-point of psychoanalysis (...) 800 copies were printed"); Garrison-Morton 4978; Grinstein 214. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
- Lacks one card. Cloth sl. waterst.
= In the psychological Szondi theory individuals are chracterized by their 'drives' (Triebe). This particular test consists in showing the examinee a series of facial photographs, displayed in six groups of eight each. The subject is asked to choose the two most appealing and the two most repulsive photos of each group. The choices will supposedly reveal the subject's satisfied and unsatisfied instinctive drive needs, and by doing so point out the subject's personality type.
- Binding worn; covers sl. warped and corners sl. dam.
- First part of first work lacks 1 plate and 2nd work lacks 1 plate; first part 3 plates soiled/ dam., partly repaired; all parts waterstained throughout; upper pastedown loose; upper hinge split. Binding soiled; 3.5 cm cut on vellum frontcover.
= Ad 1: Written by the Italian scientist Francesco Redi (1626-1697), here in Latin translation. The first part describing various exotic animals and plants, illustrated with interesting plates, showing i.a. the "Coccus Maldivensis", an iguana and an armadillo. The last two parts deal with the extensive research Redi did into snake venom. "The first methodical work on snake-poison. Redi demonstrated for the first time that, for the poison to produce its effect, it must be injected under the skin." (Garrison/ Morton on the Italian edition of 1664). Nissen, ZBI 3322; DSB XI, p.341f; Wellcome IV, p.488; BMN II, p.217; Rahir 3269; cf. Garrison/ Morton 2102. Ad 2: The second work is an early monograph on the Albatros. Wellcome III, p.426; not in Nissen, IVB.
- Bookblock sl. shaken; owner's entry on first free endpaper.
Idem. De tuimelaarrassen. Gouda, Uitgave N.V. Drukkerij v/h Kocht & Knuttel, 1935, (6),771p., 296 ills., later cl., large 8vo.
- Seller's firm stamps on title-p. and on frontwr.; frontwr. sl. frayed, creased and sl. soiled; backwr sl. creased.
= Extremely rare early trade catalogue for Baird televisions that were commercially produced. Baird developed his television from 1926 onwards.
AND 1 other (Dutch AO brochure on television, publ. 1951).
- Rebacked w. use of contemp. backstrip.
= Goldsmiths' 20004; Kress B5620. Extended with a fourth part (the title-p. mentioning only three parts).
- Tears in title repaired w. tape; 2 stamps "Kern & Koning Amsterdam" on verso frontwrapper and title. Spine sl. worn.
= Rare trade-catalogue showing numerous models for horse-drawn carriages.
- One leaf large portion torn off and a few lvs. portion cut out.
= With loosely inserted price lists for 1927/ 1928.
AND 3 other trade catalogues of VAN CAMPEN SANITAIR (sanitary articles, ±1935), C.D. DURKEE & CO. (marine hardware, ±1910) and VAN WIJK & BOERMA (technical tools and equipments, ±1925).
- A few scattered owner's annots. Backwr. w. a few sm. tears; outer corners folded.
AND 5 others, i.a. KIRCHNER & CO., Moderne Sägewerks- und Holzbearbeitungs-Maschinen (Leipsic, 1923, orig. (dam.) pict. wr.) and IDEM, Modern Sawmill and Woodworking Machinery (ibid., 1925, orig. pict. wr.).
= A trade catalogue showing the products of the precursor of Werkspoor.
- Num. scattered owner's stamps. Large ticket on frontcover.
Dechaux-Dechaux, H. Instruments de Chirurgie. Tournai, H. Dechaux-Dechaux, n.d. (±1900), (4),308,(13)p., num. woodengr. ills., orig. giltlettered limp cl., folio. - AND 1 other: KON. FABRIEK VAN VERBANDSTOFFEN N.V. V/H UTERMÖHLEN & CO., Prijscourant van instrumenten voor chirurgie, obstetrie enz. en artikelen voor kinder- en ziekenverpleging (Amst., 1913, num. ills., orig. limp cl., 4to).
- Binding w. some sm. rubbed spots. A fine copy.
- Top of bookblock sl. duststained.
Idem. Krankheiten der Heimtiere. Hannover, Schlütersche, 1987, (8),402,(2) p., num. col. ills., orig. rexine w. dustwr., 4to (top of bookblock sl. duststained). - ADDED: H. SETTEGAST, Die Züchtungslehre (Breslau, 1878, 2 parts in 1 vol., steelengr. plates and engr. text ills., contemp. hcl.).
= Very rare. Diary by Erling D. Naess of the two month whaling voyage of the 'Vikingen', 16 Dec. 1934-18 Feb. 1935, from Cape Town to the Enderby Land whaling grounds (Antarctic waters). The 'Vikingen' was a Rasmussen whaling company ship. The diary gives detailed notes regarding the catch, as well as technical details and plans of the Vikingen and its companion ships the Vestfold and the Sir James Clark Ross. Erling Dekke Næss (1901-1993) was a Norwegian businessman (and later shipowner), who was asked in 1927 to invest in the Viking Whaling Company Ltd. by two Norwegian whaling pioneers. The plan was to build a whaling ship that included a whaling factory on board, basically a tanker. In 1934 he went to Cape Town to study the whale hunt himself. After a decade the company was sold and Naess entered the oil tanker business.
- Joints and spine-ends rubbed; frontcover sl. waterstained (unobtrusive) and sl. scuffed. Nice binding. Contents fine.
Turton, W. A Manual of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of The British Islands, with Figures of Each of the Kinds. London, Longman etc., 1840, 2nd ed., IX,(3),324,16p., 12 handcol. engr. plates, orig. blindst. cl. w. gilt ornament on front cover.
- Lacks free endpapers; multiple owner's entries on upper pastedown and verso of the first plate; pages largely uncut. Covers sl. soiled.
AND 9 others, all w. (handcol.) ills. or plates, i.a. MRS. LANKESTER, Wild flowers worth notice (...) (London, 1872, handcol. engr. plates by J.E. SOWERBY, contemp. blindst. cl.) and (E. FRITTON and S. MARY), Conversations On Botany (London, 1834, handcol. engr. plates by J.E. SOWERBY, contemp. hcl.).
- Vol. on fishes w. bookplate of Thomas Hugo on verso frontwrapper. All vols. paper over backstrip partly worn off.
= Complete set of Thomas Bewick's chap books on British and foreign natural history. Nissen ZBI, 353. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.