Psychology from the Standpoint of a Behaviorist

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1919. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. This 1919 first trade edition of the work of John B. Watson, founder of behaviorism as a psychological school, comes from the personal library of Anders Ericsson (1947-2020), “The Expert on Experts,” the late cognitive psychologist known for his influential work on deliberate practice and expert performance.

8 3/8" X 5 5/8". xi, [iii], 429pp. Bound in blue cloth over boards, with title and publisher's device in blind to upper board and spine lettered in silver. Moderate wear to binding with bumping and small tears to corners and to head and tail of spine, light dust soiling to cloth, and faint sunning to spine. Text block shaken; binding remains sound. Gift inscription to J. Roy Stoval from Vergis Wheeler, 1921 to front free endpaper, with bibliographic note pencilled above. Light foxing to edges of text block and to endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked.