Psychopathia Sexualis: With Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual Instinct: A Medico-Forensic Study

New York: Special Books, 1965.
First Special Books Printing.

19cm x 11cm. xiii, 617 pages. Grey cloth, black lettering.

The classic early sexual pathology text regarded as the bible of psychopathology. With it came the coining of the terms sadism and masochism and the view of homosexuality as a mental illness. Translated from the twelfth German edition and with an introduction by Franklin S. Klaf. Foreword by Daniel Blain.

Minor soiling to boards and edges. Toning to page extremities. Signature of Dr. Gary Simes, in ink. Very Good Condition.

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