Motivation and Personality (VERY RARE - Only signed copy I could find in the record)

Abraham Maslow

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1954

About this Item

Motivation and Personality by Abraham Maslow. Finding signed documentation of any kind by Maslow is quite rare. Only a few signed copies of his publications are known. ***There are no other signed copies of this book, Maslow's most important work, listed for sale anywhere in the world, and no record of a signed copy being sold in the auction record.*** OVERALL condition: VERY GOOD IMPORTANCE Motivation and Personality is one of the most influential and important psychology books ever written. It is a seminal work on the subject of the nature of human fulfillment and the significance of personal relationships, implementing a conceptualization of self-actualization. Underachievers have a need for social love and affection, but a self-actualized person has these "lower" needs to be gratified and is able to pursue his or her own path towards self-actualization. THE AUTHOR & HIS WORK Maslow's book is perhaps the best-known contemporary work on human needs. Maslow postulated a hierarchy of human needs stretching from basic physical needs at the bottom to spiritual or transcendental needs at the top. In Motivation and Personality, Maslow argues that, in order for individuals to thrive and excel, a health-fostering culture must be created. Maslow is among the psychological theorists who believe that when parents fail to provide a safe, nurturing environment, their children will develop deep feelings of insecurity. Maslow believes that well-being causes people to freely express their inherent potentials. Maslow is most known for his belief that humans possess a hierarchy of needs. While he had been working on this theory and other ideas explored in this book since the late 1930s, he first proposed his hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" in the journal Psychological Review. The theory is a classification system intended to reflect the universal needs of society as its base, then proceeding to more acquired emotions. The hierarchy is split between deficiency needs and growth needs, with two key themes involved within the theory being individualism and the prioritization of needs. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid, with the largest, most fundamental needs at the bottom, and the need for self-actualization and transcendence at the top. However, Maslow himself never created a pyramid to represent the hierarchy of needs. BOOK INFO Published in 1954 by Harper & Brothers in New York City. First edition, early printing. Inscribed by the author in graphite on the FFEP "To the Fanciest Taxi-driver/ A H Maslow." In original brown cloth covered boards with black lettering and design work on the spine. xiv, 411 pp (including Appendix and Bibliography). The book is in GOOD to VERY GOOD vintage condition. Partially erased pencil writing on a few pages and about half a dozen pages with areas of ink underlining. The cloth is unfaded with a few spots of soiling on back cover. Firm binding. Former owner name in ink on FFEP. Rubbing to extremities and one bumped corner.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Motivation and Personality (VERY RARE - Only signed copy I could find in the record)
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
• Publication Date: 1954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • RARE
  • Autographs & Signed Books
  • Vintage