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Cambridge, 1913. Yerkes, Robert M. (1876-1956) & Daniel W. LaRue. Outline of a study of the self. 24, [20]ff., plus ca. 50 blank sheets. Cambridge, MA: N.p., 1913. 270 x 205 mm. Original cloth loose-leaf ring binder, a bit worn and soiled. First and last leaves toned due to acidic endpapers, a few loose-leaf holes in need of reinforcement, but very good. Privately Issued First Edition, published by the authors, preceding the 1914 edition published by the Harvard University Press. Scarce, with only 5 copies recorded in OCLC (U. Illinois, U. Michigan, Washington State U., U. Toronto Group, U. Toronto). Yerkes, one of the leading American psychologists of the first part of the 20th century, was a pioneer in the study of human intelligence, devising the Yerkes-Bridges Point Scale and other intelligence tests to measure and quantify mental ability. His Outline, co-authored with fellow psychologist Daniel LaRue, was intended to serve as a guide to "the systematic and thorough study" of the self; its… Read More

Balitmore: Williams & Wilkins, 1937. 4to.649pp. cloth. good condition.

1937. First Japanese Physicist to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics Yukawa, Hideki (1907-81). (1) [with Shoichi Sakata] On the theory of the -disintegration and the allied phenomenon. Offprint from Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd series, 17 (1935). 467-479pp. Original printed wrappers. Presentation Copy, inscribed "With the compliments of the authors" on the front wrapper. (2) [with Sakata] On the theory of internal pair production. Offprint from Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd series, 17 (1835). 397-407pp. Original printed wrappers. Presentation Copy, inscribed "With the compliments of the authors" on the front wrapper. (3) On a possible interpretation of the penetrating component of the cosmic ray. Offprint from Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd series, 19 (1937). [1], 712-713pp. 271 x 195 mm. (4) [with Sakata, Taketani and Minoru Kobayasi] On the interaction of elementary particles II [-IV]. Parts II and IV are… Read More