The First Five Years of Life - The Preschool Years presented by The Yale Clinic of Child Development

Harper & Brothers. New York. 1940. (1954). 393 pages & index. E-D code on copyright page translates to May1954. So while this appears to be a 1940 printing, the publisher's code would suggest this was actually a 1954 printing. Binding and hinges are strong and tight. Book is housed in its original attractive DJ. DJ shows a couple of very small chips at foot and crown. Small closed tears. Price on DJ has been removed. Blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Minor shelf-rubbing at tips. Light soiling to panels. Endpapers are clean with slight toning in gutter. Author Dr. Arnold Gesell was the first person ever appointed as a school psychologist in the United States. He is also the founder of the Yale Clinic of Child Development; later renamed the Gesell Institute of Child Development, in his honor. Gesell's theories and ideas are commonly known today as Gesell’s Maturational Theory of child development. A solid, attractive copy of the child development classic; by legendary child psychologist Dr. Arnold Gessel. VG/VG.…