The Case of the Wolf-Man

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 126 of 250 numbered copies, signed by the artist on his artist's statement preceding the text. There were also 26 lettered copies for private distribution. This was the forty-first publication of the Press. The text of this book is "From the History of an Infantile Neurosis" that was reprinted in The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume XVII, pages 7-122, translated from the German under the editorship of James Strachey. The Wolf-Man was the pseudonym given by Freud to his patient, a young Russian man named Sergei Pankejeff. Freud's analysis of the Wolf-Man became his most famous case, centering on the interpretation of dreams and childhood sexuality. In addition to the text of Freud's study, this book includes an erudite and detailed discussion of Freud's work and influence by Richard Wollheim. Wollheim was a British philosopher noted for original work on mind and emotions, especially as related to the visual arts, specifically, painting.

The striking woodcuts and etchings illustrating the book were done by Jim Dine (b. 1935). He is a well-known American artist who rose to prominence in late-1950's New York. He was closely associated with the Pop Art movement. An innovator throughout his long career, Dine's extensive output includes paintings, assemblages, sculptures, drawings, prints, and over twelve books of poetry. He has been the subject of more than 300 solo exhibitions around the world, including eleven major surveys and retrospectives since 1970. The book was designed, printed and bound at the Arion Press under the direction of Andrew Hoyem.

Bound in gray cloth with a black cloth spine with titling in silver. The front cover has an image by Dine of a young boy confronting a wolf. Printed in Century Old Style type for the text, with Century Expanded italic and Miller & Richard Old Style capitals for display. The text paper is Johannot mouldmade in France. The etchings and woodcuts are on T.H. Saunders Drawing paper, mouldmade in England. The intaglio prints were editions by Pace Editions in New York. The book is housed slipcase covered in black paper with gray cloth trim with a black title label to spine. Accompanied by prospectus. Book is in fine condition in a near fine slipcase. Measures 10 x 12.5 inches. 114 pages plus illustrations. PRI/103024.