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A self-help book, not a treatise on psychic powers - we'd call this 'mental discipline' today. Hardcover, as pictured, missing the jacket; stated fourth edition. Light wear, corners bumped & lightly rubbed. Text clean, no names or marks; xiv, [2], 261 pages + 8 pages ads for other period self-help titles. Seller Inventory # x1112
Title: Thought-Control in Everyday Life
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls
Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. the book was rebound for a private library, and is now faded on the red cloth of the spine, with a label partly removed. Age toning of the page edges. Internally, apart from the library stamp on the title page, and E163 written 3 times in the initial 10 pages, the book is clean and free of annotation. "The world for each of us is our world. It is what we think it is." "The question naturally arises  can we alter our world? If the world is a sorrowful world, an ugly world, a miserable world, can we change it into a glad world, a beautiful world, a happy world? I think so. I believe so  hence this book." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVI, 262, +[10 pages of advertisements of books). A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage apart from age toning of the page edges. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; Self Help & Motivation. Inventory No: 0242542. Seller Inventory # 0242542
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Wabash Museum Books, Mount Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 261 Pages; 8 Chapters; 2 Parts; Preface In Front; Index In Rear Of Book; Pages Tight; No Markings; Minor Page Wear; Dark Green Hard Covers; Moderate Shelf Wear; Lettering On Front Cover And Spine. Minor Wear On Corners And Spine Ends. Part One Shows The Reader The Factors That Work Against Him In The Endeavour To Control His Thoughts. Part 2 Is Practical ; How To Begin The Practice Of Thought Control; Practice On Every Day Life; Chapter Heqdings Include: Imagination, How The Mind Works; Emotions And Their Characteristic Instincts; Hereditary Tendencies; Temperaments And Thoughts; How To Control Imagination; Thoughts And Ideas; Suggestions; Hetero-Suggestions; Good And Bad Habits; Despondency; Annoyances Of Daily Life; Ill Health; Public Speaking, Etc. Very Rare Vintage Copy. Seller Inventory # S44-B8233
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. THOUGHT-CONTROL IN EVERYDAY LIFE, James Alexander, hardcover with no dust jacket, stated 5th edition, 1928. BOOK CONDITION: fair. The text block is in very good condition, with no tears, dogears, or marks. The pages and endpapers are age-toned. The bottom edge has a spot and an indentation. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The green cloth boards are in poor condition (edge wear, bumped corners and spine, fading along edges, bumped and faded spine, lots of rubbed spots on front and back covers as well as the spine). Cocked spine. 7 ½ x 5, 261 pages, 16 ounces XX At first, I thought this was an amazingly early book about controlling the minds of others (brainwashing, etc.), but it is a how-to book about controlling one?s own thoughts. A sample of the chapter headings will provide some idea of what James Alexander was proposing to be possible: Your Thought Atmosphere, How Imagination Affects Our World, How The Mind Works, How Thoughts Enter The Mind, The Origin Of Our Joys And Sorrows, A Talk On The Emotions, A Talk On Instincts And Impulses, Seven Powerful Emotions And Their Characteristic Instincts, Four Important Instincts And Their Effects Upon Our Lives, Emotions That Play Havoc With Thought Control, Hereditary Tendencies That Generally Affect Our Lives, Ideas That Capture The Mind, A Talk On Suggestion, A Talk On Habit, How Our Temperaments Affect Our Thoughts, A Talk On The Will And Willpower, How To Begin The Practice Of Thought Control, Things That Help In The Practice Of Thought Control, Thought Control And Practice In Everyday Life. Seller Inventory # 002268
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
PF. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6666-IUK-9781445503042
Quantity: 10 available
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Mar2411530307750
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9781445504230_new
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9781445503042_new
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Thought-Control In Everyday Life 0.78. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9781445503042
Quantity: 5 available
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9781445503042
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 384. Seller Inventory # C9781445503042
Quantity: Over 20 available