Psychoanalysis of the Reformer : Rinaldo 1921 [ Signed , Ring Lardner ]
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Unusual Anti-Prohibition Psychoanalytic Text, Psychoanalysis of the Reformer by Joel Rinaldo Inscribed to Ring Lardner
Rinaldo, Joel. Psychoanalysis of the Reformer: A Further Contribution to the Sexual Theory. Lee Publishing Company. New York. 1921.
Anti-prohibition psychoanalytic text by restauranteur and philosopher, Joel Rinaldo, owner of the famous all-night Times Square restaurant Joel’s Bohemia, which lasted from 1902 to 1925. An early amateur Freudian, Rinaldo (partly inspired by raids against his restaurant) reframes social reformers, prohibitionists in particular, as perverts who extract “sadistic gratification” from the control of others. Rinaldo was also the author of two other texts, Women, and the Polygeneric Theory of Life, which set forth an alternative theory of evolution.
This copy is inscribed to Ring Lardner, playwright, sportswriter, novelist, and satirist, who died in his home in East Hampton, NY in 1928. The water damage is believed to have been caused during the Great Hurricane of 1938 when Lardner’s former home sustained damage and was moved back from the dunes.
137pp. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Soiling to boards. Spine sunned. Spotting back board. Pastedowns and endpapers foxed. Inscribed to Ring Lardner by author on first free endpaper. Text block dampstained, affecting pages and warping text block. Fairly good.
If you liked this book you might also enjoy this copy of The Truth About Prohibition… a scarce pamphlet by McGill professor Stephen Leacock. You might also enjoy this copy of The Last Words of Dutch Schultz by William S Burroughs formerly owned by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.
