New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth with black stamped titles inside yellow screened decorative border, xvii, 359, [3] pp. Small tears to head and tail of spine, o/w very good, spine slightly faded and tail of spine rolled, top edge soiled, owner's name in ink on verso of ffep. The bulk of the book consists of case studies that "form a chronological series in the respect that all the boys with whom the writer began any degree of psychotherapeutic endeavour at the Judge Baker Foundation during a certain period of five months are included." This is preceded by a general discussion of methods of study and therapy, in which Dr. Hartwell, a psychiatrist, emphasizes the need to study the individual case carefully, since the science is not advanced enough to have developed exact methods of treatment: "We should be separating our theories of what we think should happen from our knowledge of what does happen." Sound advice in any field. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . 21 X 14½ cm.

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Bookseller: Twin City Antiquarian Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: PSCH00001
Title: Fifty-five "Bad" Boys
Author: Hartwell, Samuel W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1931
Weight: 2.00 lbs
Keywords: Psychology Child Behavior Problems
Bookseller catalogs: Psychology;
Size: 21 X 14½ cm

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