Search Results: the neutral spirit a portrait of by berton roueche

Little, Brown & Co, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Little, Brown & Co, 1960T. hardcover. Good. 0.8000 in x 8.1000 in x 5.6000 in. Small inscription and sticker on page facing front cover. DJ is in good condition with a tear in back cover.

Little Brown, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . 151 pages; fourth printing. Name inside, pages toned; a tight binding. The dust jacket is scuffed, many tears on the front, some stains. "a searching study of alcohol, its nature, its history and the ageless problems it has presented to man. Many of these problems arise because alcohol and its effects are so abysmally misunderstood." Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Reference; Inventory No: 176864. .

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1960).. (1960).. Good. SIGNED BY BERTON ROUECHE - Octavo, cloth with a paper label on the spine in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & there is light soiling to the label. The dust jacket is rubbed, chipped & soiled with small pieces out & with some light staining to its front panel. There is a tear to the top edge of the jacket's front panel. Its spine is partially darkened & there is foxing to its flaps. 151 pages. There is heavy foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers and offsetting to the flyleaf & rear blank. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Signed by Berton Roueche on the half-title.<p>Berton Roueche [1910-1994] was a medical writer who wrote for the New Yorker for almost fifty years. He also wrote 20 books and many of the medical mysteries on the television show "House" were inspired by his writings. "The Neutral Spirit" explores the history, myths and psychological and physiological effects of alcohol.

U.S.A.: Little Brown., 1960. 1st. . Hardcover. FINE./VG+. dj clipped.

Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1960. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. A Fine first Printing of the First Edition in a barely scuffed alike dust-jacket; The Neutral Spirit tells the story of one man's battle with alcoholism and its devastating effects on his family and friends. Berton Roueche deftly weaves together the strands of his protagonist's life, from his difficult childhood in a small town in Quebec to his troubled adulthood as an artist, writer, and musician. Roueche's sensitive and compassionate portrayal of alcoholism as a personal illness is both wrenching and enlightening.; 8vo; 151 pages .