Knots by Laing, Signed (2 results)

First edition. Tall 4to. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, front cover lettered in blind, pink endpapers, dust jacket. London, Tavistock Publications. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author 'To my good friend Batts Xmas 1970 (Its great to be copied)' in black ink to the front free endpaper. Jacket price clipped with substantial wear and tears to the extremities, notwithstanding a good copy, internally clean.

New York: Pantheon Books. 1970. 8vo. Original black cloth with silver title lettering to spine; black and orange dust jacket with photograph of author to front wrapper; pp. [6], 90; fine. First US edition, signed and inscribed by Laing "To Michael and Anne/from Ronnie/March 1970".Continually testing the limits of orthodox psychiatry, in Knots R.D. Laing uses verse to explore themes dominant in his work since 1958 with a particular emphasis on the origins of mental disorder within the family and the instability of human connection.