Fredric Wertham (124 results)

Paperback. Condition: Poor. Paperback cover has significant creases, small tears, dog-earing of corners and other wear. Many pages also dog-eared at lower corner. Pencil markings on front end paper/endorsements page. Binding of book block tight but attachment to cover does not inspire confidence. We are a Benedictine Abbey and Seminary library in Oregon. We appreciate your support.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. A sound reading copy. Some wear to covers and chipping to edges; text clean and complete.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Over Boards. Condition: Good. Poor to Fair in Protective Cov. Boards on this volume are a bit dusty as aare foreedges. Tere is some toning at extremties and on spine. A slight lean and some sluight wear/bumping at head and tail of spine and at corner tips. Interior pages are toned, but unmarked. DJ (now in protective cover) has seen better days with a large chunk missing from tail of spine, and a smaller at head, water staining on rear panel, and various rubs, creases and tears. Photograph of author on back panel . This volume precedes his better known "Seduction of the Innocent." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Moderate age/use wear including scuffs and soils. Book.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Juvenile Delinquency, Guilt, Psychiatry).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. 64 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. first PB. 106, very good -fine, , reading crease (TRUE CRIME STORIES), paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A hardcover fiction in very good condition. Pen markings on the first endpaper. Otherwise pages are spotless and intact, with no markings. The hardcover is clean and well-preserved, with no major signs of wear.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. 279p., very goo first edition in cloth and heavily shelfworn, sunned and chipped dj. This psychiatric study of murder includes material on homosexuality.

PAPERBACK. Condition: VG. CLEAN COPY.

very good +, bumped spine and rear flap, $3.00 price intact, jacket only, NO BOOK.

Hardback. Later Printing. Good to Very Good condition in Good to Very Good condition price clipped dustjacket.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

, Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981. The show of violence. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1949, later printing, 279pp., dust-jacket worn around edges with a few chips and tears, good light blue cloth but covers a bit faded. Wertham was born in Munich, studied in Würzburg, came to the US in 1922; famous for his criticism of comic books. - CONTENTS: Psychiatry in the Courtroom - The Shadow of Madness - How to Commit a Murder in New York - Masks Have No Ears - The Murderer I Never Saw - Manhattan Tragedy - Disorderly Conduct - Medea in Modern Dress - Mathematics of Murder - Cain's Question.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN 9780446762229. Mass market paperback. Second printing of 1966 original. TIGHT SOUND READING COPY ONLY due to underlining throughout and general wear. No Signature.

Condition: Good. Doubleday and Company New York 1949 blue cloth boards are age toned. sunned spine. dust jacket is worn with age toing, chipping and tearing.

Condition: Good. Eton Books 1951 wraps slightly age toned. pages browned. G+.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. 8th Edition by this publisher. 150 pages." Mystery about a teen-age girl gang-leader in the slums of Manhattan." >> Minor Creasing & scuffing to cover; spine slant; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. M. Hooks GGA painted cover. (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. BANTAM Books N3567; May 1967; New York, NY, USA; 1st Printing by Publisher; 206-Pages; Complete and Unabridged, with 8-Page New Introduction by Author. ** Banners at Top of Cover: 14 Slaughtered in Texas. 8 Nurses Slain in Chicago. 13 Women Strangled in Boston. A World-Famous Psychiatrist Tells Why People Kill. ** Goodreads: Preceded by the Original Hardcover edition Published in 1949; Psychiatrist, it contains a series of cases Wertham worked on determining the legal sanity of a number of accused murderers during the 1930's in New York. Each case is more ambiguous and difficult to decide than the last and Wertham is opinionated and intolerant of what he sees as the corrupt and ignorant lawyers and police around him. Wertham's style is solemn and thoughtful while being eminently readable and peppered with literary quotes and references to Kafka and Shakespeare among others. ** Chat: The Show of Violence is Wertham's deep dive into the psychology of violent crime. Long before Seduction of the Innocent made him infamous in comic-book circles, this book established him as a prominent forensic psychiatrist. * Case studies of real offenders; * Wertham examines several individuals who committed extreme acts of violence, exploring their childhoods, traumas, social environments, and mental states. * Violence as a social and psychological phenomenon; He argues that violent behavior rarely emerges from "evil" or innate criminality. Instead, it grows from a mix of neglect, abuse, poverty, and systemic failures. * Critique of institutions, Wertham is sharply critical of: prisons, psychiatric hospitals, the legal system, social services; He believed these institutions often produced violence rather than prevented it. * Humanizing the offender: A hallmark of Wertham's work: he insists that understanding violent individuals requires empathy and careful clinical observation, not moral condemnation>> Cover creasing & scuffing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Painted Front Cover (illustrator). Book. …

Paperback. first PB. 106, almost near fine, (TRUE CRIME STORIES), paperback.

First Paperback Printing. Very Good to Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Later Printing (1949). Published by Doubelday, 1949. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with small nicks, shelf/edgewear, and price clipped on left flap.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Greenwood, 1976. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with small scrape to front cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. About Very good in good dust jacket. Pages slightly brown. Edges and corners rubbed on cover. Bottom edge of cover spine torn off. Edges of dust jacket are worn and torn. Edges and cover spine sun-faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good in good dust jacket. Book has slight rubbing of spine and edges of cover, discoloration of cover, aging of pages, dust jacket has slight rubbing of spine and edges of panels.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Edition By This Publisher. ETON Books E106; 1951; New York, NY, USA; 1st Paperback Printing, 1st Edition; Complete and Unabridged; 221-Pages; ** Goodreads: Preceded by the Original Hardcover edition Published in 1949; Psychiatrist, it contains a series of cases Wertham worked on determining the legal sanity of a number of accused murderers during the 1930's in New York. Each case is more ambiguous and difficult to decide than the last and Wertham is opinionated and intolerant of what he sees as the corrupt and ignorant lawyers and police around him. Wertham's style is solemn and thoughtful while being eminently readable and peppered with literary quotes and references to Kafka and Shakespeare among others. ** Chat: The Show of Violence is Wertham's deep dive into the psychology of violent crime. Long before Seduction of the Innocent made him infamous in comic-book circles, this book established him as a prominent forensic psychiatrist. * Case studies of real offenders; * Wertham examines several individuals who committed extreme acts of violence, exploring their childhoods, traumas, social environments, and mental states. * Violence as a social and psychological phenomenon; He argues that violent behavior rarely emerges from "evil" or innate criminality. Instead, it grows from a mix of neglect, abuse, poverty, and systemic failures. * Critique of institutions, Wertham is sharply critical of: prisons, psychiatric hospitals, the legal system, social services; He believed these institutions often produced violence rather than prevented it. * Humanizing the offender: A hallmark of Wertham's work: he insists that understanding violent individuals requires empathy and careful clinical observation, not moral condemnation. ** Nice copy with some Lamination-Peel at upper and lower right cover corner Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Painted Front Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light blue cloth, lettered in burgundy. Foxing/spotting to portions of both covers, otherwise minor shelf wear. Firm binding, clean interior. Text block edges typically foxed/tanned. Matching dates but no statement of edition/ptg., thus an early ptg. but likely not a 1st. 279 pp. Pictorial dust jacket VG with mild sunning along spine panel, dampstaining along bottom rear edge, mild surface rubbing to rear panel, now in mylar. Early work by the now mostly-discredited psychologist whose later "Seduction of the Innocent" (1954) notoriously exposed the "evils" of reading comic books. Very scarce in DJ. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…