Vintage Human Behavior 2 Set Encyclopedia

Updated October 20, 2026

The set is The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior: Psychology, Psychiatry, and Mental Health, a complete two-volume set written by Robert M. Goldenson, Ph.D. This comprehensive reference work was published in 1970 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in Garden City, New York. The hardcovers are bound in deep charcoal textured book cloth featuring a distinct green horizontal title block on the spine accented by gilded lettering and trim. This work serves as a landmark foundational reference guide summarizing the mid-century landscape of psychological and psychiatric thought. Content features include over 1,000 articles, organized alphabetically from A to Z across both volumes, explaining psychological phenomena, behaviors, and theoretical clinical schools of thought. - Interdisciplinary Mapping: Seamlessly connects overlapping terminology across fundamental psychology, clinical psychiatry, and modern mental health treatments. - Anatomical & Textual Data: Features specific anatomical drawings by Howard S. Friedman alongside extensive literary credits acknowledging seminal case research from mid-century clinical journals. Fair to Good vintage condition. The book cloth shows prominent age-appropriate wear. There is noticeable shelf friction, fraying, and exposed cardboard core structural degradation at the upper and lower corners and spine edges (head/heel). The gilt lettering on the spines remains legible but exhibits fading. The internal paper hinges show stress and mild cracking at the yellow endpapers, but the primary text blocks remain securely tied together. The pages show clean, uniform cream-colored aging with no major modern water damage. Volume I has a prominent previous owner's signature written in ink on the front yellow flyleaf page. The original illustrated paper dust jackets are missing.

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