Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1958.
First edition. Signed by Erik Erikson on front free endpaper, inscribed to fellow psychologist and immigrant Hans Loewald with the stamp of the Austen Riggs Center, where Erikson was a staff member. Signed not long after publication, as Erikson left the Center around two years after publication. 288 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with slightly rubbed spine lettering, in Very Good dust jacket with slightly toned spine panel, a few words written in red pen on rear flap and panel, light wear. Uncommon signed.
One of the first psychobiographies of a famous historical figure, and one of the author's best known works.
Price: $2,000.00