Published by Brentano's Publisher, New York, 1927
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good condition. No jacket. First American Edition. New York: Brentano's Publisher, 1927. Very Good condition but for occasional red pencil underlining, and check marks in the margin (erasable). Rusty paperclip impression on a few leaves. NOT a library discard. A square, reasonably tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. Introduction by Dr. Sandor Ferenczi. THE PROBLEM OF LAY ANALYSIS [pp. 1-186] translated from the German by A. Paul Maerker-Branden. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STUDY [pp. 187-316] translated by James Stachey. Bound in the original tan cloth, stamped in black on the spine and front cover. Laid-in at the end is a New York Times newspaper clipping from July 1929. It reports that the British Medical Association decided to neither approve nor condemn the practice of psychoanalysis, holding that further testing is needed. This book is from the library of, and bears the ink signature of Dr. Arthur Frank Payne (1876-1939) of Newton, New Jersey. Dr. Payne earned the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and that of Master of Arts at Columbia University. In 1917 he served as executive secretary of the Military Training Commission in New York. In 1918 he was director of the United States War Department surveys. He pursued advanced studies at Harvard where he was made a Doctor of Education. He went on to teach at Columbia, the College of the City of New York, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, and Harvard. Dr. Payne edited several educational and psychological texts for McGraw-Hill and was associate editor of VOCATIONAL EDUCATION MAGAZINE. A gifted lecturer, Dr. Payne spoke regularly on psychology at Carnegie Hall in New York. For many years Dr. Payne was actively involved with the National Education Association, serving as its treasurer and as president of its department of vocational guidance. According to his biography in THE STORY OF NEW JERSEY by William S. Myers, Dr. Payne's "contribution toward solving some of the colossal psychological problems rising in consequence of modern industrial changes was a truly notable one, of value to countless individuals.". First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good condition/No jacket. 316pp.