Paul Levy Preface (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Binding tight, interior clean. Leather bound spine with gilt lettering and red marbled boards. Moderate edge wear to boards and spine. Minimal writing by owner's writing on front and back end pages. Small sticker from previous seller on back inside cover. An exploration in the analysis of mathematical functions in French. 439 pages, including table of contents.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Second printing (1918). Red cloth boards. Private library call number and label ghost on spine. Short gift inscription on front pastedown. xvi, 241, plus [6] pages publisher's advertising. Treatise on hypnotherapy, originally published in France in 1898. Preface by the medical professor at Nancy, Hippolyte Bernheim (1840-1919), who was himself a student of Ambroise-Auguste Liebeault, regarded as the father of modern hypnotherapy. Contents: [Part I: Theoretical Study]: [I] Statement of the Subject--Psychic Therapeutics. [II] The Fundamental Law of Psychotherapy; Every Idea is Action in a Nascent State. [III] Auto-Suggestion. [IV] Means of Strengthening Auto-Suggestion--Contemplation. [V] Psychic Gymnastics, or Auto-Suggestion in Action. [VI] Hetero-Suggestion: Its Relation to Auto-Suggestion. [VII] Moral Hygiene. [VIII] The Will--Conclusions: 1. Medical; 2. Philosophical and Moral. [Part II: Practical Suggestions]: [Some Observations]: - Moral and Intellectual Observations. - Tobacco Habit. - Insomnia. - Contemplation. - Sleep as a Means of Healing. - Various Troubles (Drowsiness, Swooning, &c. - Pains. - Ocular Troubles. - Circulatory and Respiratory Troubles. - Troubles of Digestion. - Sexual Troubles. [Various Reflections]: - Indications of Psychotherapy.…

Relié. Condition: Bon État. Bon état. 73 photos en noir et blanc. Entrecoupées d'une sélection de textes, poèmes et chansons vietnamiens.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon.

Red Cloth. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. 1st UK ed. xvi+241+16 (pub.list), top edge gilt; early name stamp to front endpaper, repeated top t.p., quite inoffensive, light tanning to half-title and p.16 of pub.list, covers clean, spine slightly faded, edges unworn but pigment loss to front fore-edge, outer corners and bottom back outer corner, cause not entirely clear but assume some kind of rubbing. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 13 Cm x 19 Cm. …

In-8, 24 cm, 268pp., illustr., et planches en couleurs, cachet ex-libris d'un medecin, petites marques d'usage sur la couverture.

First edition, no. 1105 of 3500 copies. Numerous black and white photographs throughout. 4to. Original printed paper wrappers lightly pasted onto card, corners and edges slightly bumped, overall a very good copy. Paris, Editions Hoa-Qui,  A beautiful glimpse into life in Vietnam before the Vietnam War, captured by a group of five French photographers.   The photographs take readers through temples and palaces, along rural the landscapes and the gardens, the fishing in the rivers and seas, urban life and notable statues. Some of the texts have been translated into French from Vietnamese poems and popular songs.…