Principles Psychology by James William, First Edition (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very Good hardcover in a Good dust jacket. Volume 2. Overall a great reading copy. The text is clean and bright. Spotting to the page ends. The front end page is clipped at the lower corner. General aging and shelf wear to the dust jacket. 1296 pp.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1890 Henry Holt first edition later printing with corrections 2 volume set bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Top edge gilt, 5 hub decorated spines, marbled end papers. Ownership ink dated 1892 to fly leafs. Tight bindings text unmarked. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Both volumes dated 1890, both to title and to copyright pages. Both volumes are "good-plus" in original dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt spine titles somewhat faded but still clear. NOT ex-library -- a pristine set with no internal markings, albeit with rubbed corners. In the list of the American Science Series opposite the title page of Vol. I the word "Psychology" is NOT hyphenated, making this the second printing. But Vol. I, pg. 307, line 19 does still retain the typo "slink from noticea, nd are unable . . ." , not yet corrected to " . . . from notice, and . . ." although the misprints at Vol. I, p. 10, lines 9-10 and to Vol. II, p.101, line 20, both have been corrected, here. But this title is NOT advertised to top of pg. 5 of the 8 pp. of publisher's ads at rear of volume II, here, a self-mention evidently missing in both the first and second printings. So, a complete, 1890-dated, and undamaged set, from the first year of publication, of the early classic in the field. 689 pp., 704 pp., plus viii publisher's advertisements. Reduced from $1,500.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Thus. First Edition Thus. Published by The Franklin Library, 1985. Octavo. Bound in red leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. Book is like new. A lovely copy of this leather bound edition of William James's psychology treatise. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Publisher: Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1890.Volume One only. First Edition, First Printing. EX-LIBRARY. GOOD hardcover that has some of the usual flaws, condition issues, card pockets, markings that come with ex-Library books.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Faint foxing along top text block edge. ; Great Books of the Western World.

FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING. Volume 1: 1 blank leaf + 1 leaf with book ads on recto + TP + Dedication page + v-vii = Preface + ix-xii = Contents + [1]-689 + 1 blank leaf; Volume 2: 1 blank leaf + 1 leaf with book ads on verso + TP + iii-vi = Contents + [1]-704 + [1]-8 = ads for The American Science Series + 1 blank leaf, Octavo. First Edition, Second Printing. McDermott 1890-4. The First Edition, Second Printing of William James Psychological Masterwork.EDITION: Harvard speculates that the first printing of Psychology had a print run of 1,000 copies but the great rarity of the first printing (characterized most easily by the hyphenated "Psy-chology" opposite the title page) versus this second printing is legendary and somewhat mystifying if, in fact, that many copies of the first printing were actually made. Clearly errors were caught early in the press run and quickly corrected. (see James, Psychology, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1981, p. 1577.)As called for in Harvard's definitive edition, this second printing has the unhyphenated "Psychology" in the book ads opposite the title page. In addition, it also has two corrections to the errors found in the first printing: "not the sole seat of intellect" rather than "the seat of intellectual power" (Vol. 1, p. 10, l. 9-10) and "object of some absent sensation" rather than "object of some absent object of sensation" (Vol. 2, p. 101, l. 20). THE BOOK: William James was an original thinker in and between the disciplines of physiology, psychology and philosophy. While more widely known as the proponent of "pragmatism" and "radical empiricism", James's psychology is regarded by many as a far more original and substantive achievement. His nuanced rejection of the subject/object split in favor of a more fluid intersection between self and world, completely reoriented subsequent inquiry into the nature of consciousness and perception. This, his twelve-hundred page masterwork, is a rich blend of different academic and scientific disciplines blended with his own personal reflections, giving us such ideas as "the stream of consciousness" and the baby's impression of the world "as one great blooming, buzzing confusion". These two volumes contain the seeds of both pragmatism and phenomenology, and influenced generations of thinkers in Europe and America, including Edmund Husserl, Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, and Ludwig Wittgenstein along with such schools of thought as European phenomenology, Gestalt psychology, humanist psychology and the cognitive sciences.A seminal work in the history of modern thought and a work that is (still) frequently quoted by psychological theorist. Original publisher's dark green bindings with gilt lettering on the spine. The is just the lightest of wear to the edges and the spine tips. The front cover of volume 1 has a darkened ring - looking to be from a glass placed upon the book at one time. There is a contemporary former owner's #7 Winthop). Other than these very minor defects, this is a beautiful, clean, tight and bright copy of this important work by William James. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing, first issue. Title pages dated 1890, the word "Psy-chology" hyphenated on ads pages facing title pages; definitive errors present on p. 10 of Vol. 1 ("the seat of intellectual power") and p. 101 in Vol. 2, "object of some absent object of sensation." McDermott 1890-4. xii, 689; vi, 704, 8 pp. Two volumes. Publisher's olive green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, dark brown endpapers. Very Good, recased, with moderate wear and a few stains to covers, mottling along lower edge of rear cover of Volume II. Light soiling and staining to textblock edges, foxing to first and last few pages, occasional thumbing. Owner inscription in ink dated 1932 to fly-leaves. Binding firm; solid copies of the foundational psychology text's notoriously rare first issue. In this 1300+ page masterwork , a summary of his productive years at Harvard, James emphasized his experimental method and the treatment of psychology as a natural science. He argued that mental processes should be viewed as "activities [useful] to living creatures as they attempt to maintain and adapt themselves in the world of nature" (Duane Schultz A History of Modern Psychology, 3rd ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy called this "a rich blend of physiology, psychology, philosophy, and personal reflection that has given us such ideas as 'the stream of thought' [better known as the "stream of consciousness"] and the baby's impression of the world as 'as one great blooming, buzzing confusion.' It contains seeds of pragmatism and phenomenology, and influenced generations of thinkers in Europe and America." A seminal work in the history of modern thought.

Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. First British edition. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original dark blue blue cloth ruled in blind, with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with bookseller tickets to front paste downs, short tear to bottom edge of title page in volume 1, pencil markings throughout text. Hinges strengthened and bindings secure. Rubbing and light wear to bindings with several small areas of loss to cloth with exposure. In this 1300+ page masterwork , a summary of his productive years at Harvard, James emphasized his experimental method and the treatment of psychology as a natural science. He argued that mental processes should be viewed as "activities [useful] to living creatures as they attempt to maintain and adapt themselves in the world of nature" (Duane Schultz A History of Modern Psychology, 3rd ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy called this "a rich blend of physiology, psychology, philosophy, and personal reflection that has given us such ideas as 'the stream of thought' [better known as the "stream of consciousness"] and the baby's impression of the world as 'as one great blooming, buzzing confusion.' It contains seeds of pragmatism and phenomenology, and influenced generations of thinkers in Europe and America." A seminal work in the history of modern thought.