Body and Mind: A History and a Defense of Animism FIRST EDITION

Fifth Edition. Hardcover. This 1920 first printing of psychologist William McDougall's defense of animism bears the ownership signature of experimental psychologist Paul Thomas Young (1892-1978)-and most recently comes from the personal library of "The Expert on Experts," Anders Ericsson (1947-2020), the late cognitive psychologist known for his influential work on deliberate practice and expert performance. From the library of two eminent psychologists, this is a vintage copy of the work of an important psychologist with uncommon provenance. Ownership signature of psychologist Paul Thomas Young, dated May 1923 to front pastedown. 9" X 5 7/8". xix, 384pp, plus 8pp ads. Bound in red cloth over boards, with upper board lettered in blind and spine lettered in gilt. Rather heavy edgewear to binding, with hard bumping, small tears, and fraying to corners and to head and tail of sunned spine. Hinges tender; binding remains sound. Age-toning to pages, else unmarked. This 1920 first printing of psychologist William McDougall's defense of animism bears the ownership signature of experimental psychologist Paul Thomas Young (1892-1978)-and most recently comes from the personal library of "The Expert on Experts," Anders Ericsson (1947-2020), the late cognitive psychologist known for his influential work on deliberate practice and expert performance. From the library of two eminent psychologists, this is a vintage copy of the work of an important psychologist with uncommon provenance. Ownership signature of psychologist Paul Thomas Young, dated May 1923 to front pastedown. 9" X 5 7/8". xix, 384pp, plus 8pp ads. Bound in red cloth over boards, with upper board lettered in blind and spine lettered in gilt. Rather heavy edgewear to binding, with hard bumping, small tears, and fraying to corners and to head and tail of sunned spine. Hinges tender; binding remains sound. Age-toning to pages, else unmarked.…