Alcoholism Jackson A. Smith [Very Good] [Hardcover]

Description

First Edition ( 'Published in book form, April, 1954' ). Very uncommon book, only one other for sale on the Internet. You can see the covers in the photos. They are in nice shape. The edges and corners are free of wear. The spine looks very good as well. The red lettering on the front cover and on the spine is very bright. The page edges are very clean. The book is square. The spine is straight. The binding is very solid from cover to cover. There are seven or eight tiny tears (see photo) along the juncture between the blank verso of the half-title page and the title page. However both pages are solidly bound, and every single other page within the book is perfectly bound at its juncture. The juncture between the covers and their endpapers is also perfectly fine. If you push at the spine from the side it will jiggle a little bit, but it is very solidly in place in the covers are perfectly tight. The interior of the book is in excellent condition. The pages look very good. Two have a sliver of tanning just off their middle edge. All the rest are perfectly clean. I'm not seeing any creasing. There are no markings. No attachments. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. I've provided a photograph of the Contents page. The Introduction begins: 'During the past decade an increased awareness of the problem of alcoholism has occurred; in this period the management has altered from an ineffectual punitive approach to more effective medical and psychiatric methods of treatment. The change is not unlike that which occurred earlier in the treatment of mental disease. A great deal of the credit for this increased understanding of the alcoholic belongs to the group known as Alcoholics Anonymous, and resulted from their admirable efforts in caring for the individual alcoholic and their education of the public. The present volume is intended as an inclusive but concise presentation of the presently recognized forms of therapy. The subject is approached impartially on the basis of experience and treatment and on results reported in the medical literature.'