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RARE BOOK! "The Making of a Moron" by Niall Brennan. Published in 1953. Believe First Edition. DJ is covered with a protective mylar cover.
"A wartime experiment where mentally defective people were drafted into industry, and proved themselves more easily disciplined, more content with their tasks, and more efficient. The author decided to run his own experiment to find out what the effect must be on normal people of doing the same work that had been done so well by the mentally challenged. His findings seemed to lead to the conclusion that work which makes sub-human demands results cumulatively in the narrowing, and finally the mutilation, of the human personality, and that the continuous sense of frustration avenges itself by strange and disturbing means."
Book: Very Good condition. Rubbing on the edges of the covers & corners. Interior: Great condition! Dustjacket: Very Good condition! Some chipping/creasing on the edges. Small piece missing at the bottom of the spine. Rubbing on the DJ.

"My Friends the French" by Robert Harborough Sherard. Undated. Published in London by T. Werner Laurie. Believe First Edition. ILLUSTRATED!
The book is dedicated to Sherard's wife, Irene Osgood. Osgood has inscribed and signed this book to a "Mr. Ester" for Christmas 1909!
This is a RARE book, but having such a signature makes it extremely rare!
"Sherard was a friend of Oscar Wilde's, his primary biographer in the early twentieth century, and wrote numerous biographies on prominent French writers. Sherard counted as Sherard's acquaintances are Pierre Louÿs, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Jules Verne, and Alphonse Daudet. "
Book is in Very Good condition! Some darkening on the covers. Corners are bumped a bit. Bent corner on bottom front cover.Top/bottom of spine is bumped. Gilt is in Very Good condition! Interior is in Good condition. Some staining/browning on the some of the pages. Still, Book is in Very Good condition!