DIARY OF A PARANOIC: BEING A SERIES OF FICTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF FEAR
first edition
1964 · New York
by Mumford, Edwin
New York: Exposition Press, 1964. Octavo, original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Hawaiian writer's first book. Short epistolary horror novel presented as diary entries by a madman. With a glossary of psychological terms. Written from a Freudian perspective, the book also features Freud as a character. The author later wrote a series of science-fiction novels about an Atlantis in outer space. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with a bit of age-darkening. Portrait of author on rear panel. An uncommon book. (#113309) (Inventory #: 113309)