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Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Acton, MA: Copley Publishing Group, 1991. Trade paperback. Very good. VG++ (near fine condition). All pages clean and free of markings with minimal fading. Edges clean.. 457 p.

Gryphon Editions. NF. 1990. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. The Classics of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Library. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 457 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. Collector's Edition. Bound in Genuine Leather. Book is still crisp and gold gilded page edges unmarked. Gilt decoration to spine and boards. Raised spine bands, satin endpapers and sewn in bookmark. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight .

Gryphon Editions, 1990. Special Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Blue leather covers, gilt tooling to front & back covers, gilt textblock edges, raised bands on the spine, marbled endpapers, and blue fabric sewn-in bookmark. Privately printed for Member of the Classics of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Library. Copy number "2875". 100% of proceeds go toward promoting literacy in under-served areas of the world

Birmingham, AL: Privately printed for members of The Classics of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Library by Arcata Graphics/Kingsport, 1990. Hardcover. As new. Originally published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1938, part of The Century Psychology Series. Copy no. 370 with bookplate on front pastedown. 457 p. 22 cm. Navy leather with gilt impressing and text block edges, gold ribbon. Marbled endpapers.

Gryphon Editions, 1990. Hardcover. Like New. From the Classics of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Library. Full leather, gilt extra. As New.

New York: Gryphon, 1990. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original full brown leather with spine and covers stamped in decorative gilt. All edges gilt. Yellow ribbon bookmark. Marbled endpapers. Privately printed for the members of The Classics of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Library. Former owner's bookplate, provided by the publisher, is tipped in and can be removed upon request. Publisher's original "Notes from The Editors" booklet is also provided. One of the foundational books in psychiatry and the behavioral sciences. 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches. 457 pages.

New York: Appleton Century Crofts, 1938. 457 pp. Olive cloth boards with maroon rectangular backgrounds for olive lettering on the front and spine. Slight staining to the inside of the boards. Minor wear to the top and bottom of the spine and some scuffing to the spine and extremities. Some staining to the front endpapers and ends of pages, though pages themselves are evenly toned. Some pencil markings and signed "Gerald S. Leventhal" in ink by a previous owner. Textblock has a slight forward lean. The Behavior of Organisms is B.F. Skinner's first book and was published in May 1938 as a volume of the Century Psychology Series.This copy is circa 1946. It set out the parameters for the discipline that would come to be called the experimental analysis of behavior and Behavior Analysis.. Early edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Octavo.

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., [ 1947 ]. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. An Experimental Analysis. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., [ 1947 ]. Second printing. Numerous b/w figures. 457 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Light green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine, relief stamped lettering to front board. A touch of insect damage to front hinge; former ownersÕ names ink-stamped to front and rear free endpapers; several pages bear underscoring in pencil, still a better than average copy. Very good-/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).

NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. This is the second state, or issue, from 1947. Bound in green cloth. The spine is dulled , and the owner's name is on the fep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Appleton, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Bound in black cloth with black lettering and 1st printing indicator for Appleton. Very good copy, hinges sound though has some scratching on front cover, ink stain on front of text block, previous owner's stamp on front endpapers, and ruled ink underling to parts of the book. Otherwise the book has square, stiff boards with minimal wear, a tight spine and pointed tips. In a facsimile dust jacket, which is new, that was taken from a first printing. Looks handsome in a new plastic removable cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated. Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. In this, Skinner's first book, he "launched a new science based on selection by consequences as the mechanism through which behavior changes during the lifetime of the individual. The book summarizes nearly ten years of research, spanning the years of Skinner's graduate school days at Harvard through his three years as a member of the Society of Fellows. Here he defines his basic unit of behavior, the operant, proposes rate as the basic datum, and describes his research program-to identify the variables of which behavior is a function." - B.F. Skinner Foundation. ix, [1], 457 pages. References. Index. Name of Arthur Gladstone stamped atop front free endpaper is presumably that of the Swarthmore College professor who edited the 'Bulletin of the Research Exchange on the Prevention of War' in the 1950s. Ink marginal lines and/or marginalia on approximately 23 pages appear… Read More

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, with (I) printed at the end of the final page. Tall octavo. 457pp. Black cloth gilt. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly, upper corner of cover and front fly a bit bumped, else fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a corresponding bump and toning on the spine and lower panel. A very nice copy of a pivotal text in 20th Century psychology and sociology.

USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Fine. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed and briefly inscribed by Skinner upon title page. x, 457 pp. "Here Skinner defines his basic unit of behavior, the operant, proposes rate as the basic datum, and describes his research program to identify the variables of which behavior is a function." - B.F. Skinner Foundation. In 2002 a study in the Review of General Psychology declared Skinner the most eminent psychologist of the twentieth century. This copy appears to be a 1970s facsimile reprint of the author's landmark first book first published in 1938. Black boards adorned with brilliant gilt and maroon. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example. ISBN 0130732133.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; B.F. Skinner Psychology Behavior Signed EAB Experimental analysis of Behavior Operant; Signed by Author(s) .

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing denoted by "I" on last page of text. Signed by B.F. Skinner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with titles blocked in blind on the upper board and stamped in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth at edges, three small stains to rear cover, spine gilt slightly dulled. Pages toned and lower corners of early pages bumped. Former owner name Mungo Miller to front free endpaper, most likely the research scientist who published a paper entitled "Observation of Initial Visual Experience in Rats" in a 1948 issue of The Journal of Psychology. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, spine toned and lightly worn at the crown. The psychologist's first book, a milestone in the experimental analysis of behavior. Signed copies are incredibly scarce.