Dimensions of a New Identity: Jefferson Lectures in the Humanities

Small octavo, white cloth lettered in gilt; unclipped pictorial dust jacket. First Japanese edition (text in Japanese). A presentation copy, playfully inscribed by Erikson: "Margaret: It will be tough going but you will enjoy every word - affectionately, Erik, 1983," on the rear endpaper. The recipient, Margaret Brenman Gibson, had known Erikson for decades. Wife of the iconic playwright William Gibson, who authored endearing works like "The Miracle Worker" (1959), Margaret was a noted psychoanalyst, writer, teacher, researcher, and social activist. She worked at Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, which Erikson oversaw. She was the first psychologist to receive full clinical as well as research psychoanalytic training in America. A scarce edition with a distinguished provenance.