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Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health: A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy. Hermitage House, 1950.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Third Printing, June 1950. Wear, rubbing, aging, soiling to covers. Bruising/wear to tips & spine ends. Scuffing to spine titles. Slight play to binding. Front hinge is tender. Toning/moderate soiling to text block. Interior is age toned, free of markings. Erasure ghost at upper corner of front endpaper.

Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

L.Ron Hubbard. Dianetics. Hermitage House January 1950, 1950.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: 1950 copyright, fifth printing. Light general use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners rubbed and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.

L. Ron Hubbard. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, a Handbook of Dianetic Therapy. Hermitage House, 1950.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Fourth printing. No jacket. Boards show mild wear; bumped corner; two tiny tears to spine end. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore since 1992.

Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics The Modern Science of Mental Health. Hermitage House, 1950.

Price: US$78.93 + shipping

Description: Good

Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy. HERMITAGE HOUSE, NY, 1950.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: stated 5th edition, august 1950, minor shelf wear to covers soiled spine cover DATE PUBLISHED: 1950 EDITION: 5TH PRINTING 452

Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.

L. Ron Hubbard. Dianetics - The Modern Science Of Mental Health. Hermitage House, 1950.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: ISBN . Hardback. Second printing May 1950 as stated on copyright page. Good condition copy with minor scuffs and staining to boards; slight staining to bottom page edges; minor wear to corners and edges; slight browning to interior pages; previous seller's sticker affixed to back pastedown. Fair to Good condition dustjacket with numerous chips and small closed tears; minor browning front and back; minor browning to interior; $4.00 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. We have placed dustjacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described. Otherwise a tight, sound and unmarked copy.

Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics. Hermitage House, New York, 1950.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: small chip on top and bottom of spine, general shelf wear, tight binding, great copy, fifth edition, CONTAINS POSTCARD TO OBATIN ADDITIONAL DIANETIC'S INFORMATION, CONTAINS TYPED PAMPHLET STAPLED INTO TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCING DIANETICS, ALSO CONATINS TWO ISSUES OF THE DIANETIC AUDITOR'S BULLETIN VOL1 NOS. 1-2 JULY- AUGUST 1950

Seller: Halper's Books, Tel Aviv, Israel

Hubbard, L. Ron. DIANETICS. The Modern Science of Mental Health. A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy. Hermitage House, NY, 1950.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Hermitage House, 1950, sixth printing. 8vo., xxvii+452pp. Gray cloth with green blocked titles. Foxing-like stains in the lower margins of six sheets, small spots on front edge of page block, otherwise very good, clean, tight, unmarked, in very good minus mylar encased dust jacket with wear along the edges and folds. Size: 8vo

Seller: The Wild Muse, Granville, NY, U.S.A.

HUBBARD, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Hermitage House, New York, 1950.

Price: US$165.00 + shipping

Description: Third printing. Octavo (22cm). Teal cloth stamped in gilt on spine, yellow topstain, dark green dust jacket; [xxviii],452pp. With self-mailing card for requesting notifications about new publications. A sound, upright volume, lightly rubbed, edges foxed but internally clean: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $4.00), rubbed at edges, spine browned, a few small perforations to rear fold, dustiness to edges: around Very Good. Early work by the founder of Scientology. Hubbard conceived dianetics as a form of psychoanalysis, but the work was criticized as pseudoscientific by scientific and medical professionals. Nevertheless, it was commercially successful, and is a canonical text in Scientology. [63988].

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Hermitage House, New York, 1950.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, 4th printing. Hardcover, gray cloth in near fine condition, gray cloth is very clean, corners have their points, spine ends only slightly bumped. Small water stain spot on top pg edges does not bleed inside. Contents are clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Dustcover, cover price of $4.00 unclipped, is good, worn, some archival repair for stablization, plastic wrapped. 452 pgs.

Seller: Bookman's Cafe, New Philadelphia, OH, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics. Hermitage House, New York, 1950.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A clean copy of the 2nd Printing of the original edition in a bright and attractive jacket with mild dustiness. 'Western Electric' on the rear flap of the jacket. $4.00 jacket price. Uncommon Vintage pre-paid postcard to the publisher allowing the purchaser to hear about further Dianetics Publications. The post card is scarce!

Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

HUBBARD, L. Ron.. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy.. Hermitage House, New York, 1950.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: Introduction by J. A. Winter, M.D. xxvii, 452 pp. 8vo, publisher's green cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Near fine in a jacket with tiny chips at the corners, some soiling to the rear panel, and a little light creasing.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

L. Ron Hubbard. Dianetics The Modern Science of Mental Health A Handbook of Dianetic Therappy. Hermitage House,NY, 1950.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: HBDJ, green Cloth, stated 1st edition, 1950, 1st printing, chips here & there to Dj especially spine 2 Large Pieces Missing there ,VG+/VG-, AS-IS, LITE FOX

Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy.. Hermitage House, 1950.

Price: US$340.00 + shipping

Description: Stated First Edition. 1st printing. 8.5x6", xxvii+452 pp. Tape marks on endpapers, else clean, solid, VG in Good dj with small tears, tape marks on reverse.

Seller: Aardvark Book Depot, Shorewood, WI, U.S.A.

L. Ron Hubbard. Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health: a Handbook of Dianetic Therapy by L. Ron Hubbard. Hermitage House, 1950.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publisher: Hermitage House, New York, 1950. First Edition (stated), First Printing. VERY GOOD hardcover book in GOOD only dust-jacket. This book, after a small first printing,and little or no advertising, has remained in print for over 70 years and has sold well over 20 million copies. A large closed tear on the DJ's front panel. Chipping at the extremities. Rear panel of DJ toned and lightly soiled. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped ($4.00). Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. New York: Hermitage House,, 1950.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. 452 pp. Green cloth with green and gilt titling on the spine. End-papers have browned with age; they list the fundamental axioms of Dianetics. The spine has faded. In an uncut DJ with the price present. There are chips and small tears, as well as margin wear, on the DJ, which is now wrapped in mylar.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron.. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health - A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy (First Printing, with Auditor's Bulletin V.1, #1-2). New York: Hermitage House, 1950. 1st ed. [Stated]. 1st printing. Hardcover. 452 pages., 1950.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A nice first printing of L. Ron Hubbard's now-classic work. Bound in green cloth with gilt spine lettering. First Edition stated on copyright page. Also included with our copy is Volume 1, Nos. 1-2 July-August, 1950 of The Dianetic Auditor's Bulletin, being a 16-page pamphlet on eneagram sessions & procedures. Dustjacket shows original $4.00 price. VG/Good. Book is unmarked, with solid binding and sharp corners. Dustjacket is sun-darkened and yellowed, with three 1.0 inch & a 1.5 inch tear on front cover. Edges are worn, with some losses at spine ends. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item # E2879.

Seller: Schroeder's Book Haven, League City, TX, U.S.A.

L Ron Hubbard. Dianetics. Hermitage House New York, 1950.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: New York: Hermitage House, 1950. Hardcover. Condition: near fine. no Dust Jacket 1st Edition stated. 8vo. 452 pp. Green cloth with gilt block and titling on the spine. front end-papers have browned from paper storage; they list the fundamental axioms of Dianetics. owner's bookplate on front flyleaf endpaperotherwise clean and unmarked

Seller: Suibhne's Rare and Collectible Books, Newbury, OH, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. HERMITAGE HOUSE, NY, 1950.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: stated first edition, dustjacket worn, age-toned, head and foot of spine has significant wear & a few tears, closed tears on edges, NOT price clipped, 1" X 1" peice torn off of rear top edge, slightly soiled. Book has general shelf wear, a couple faded spots on cover, faded spine, age-toned pages, small bookplate on rear of front endpaper, small pencil mark on front endpaper and title page, front hinge cracked, else, good, and unmarked. THIS IS A FIRST PRINTING WITH STATED FIRST EDITION DATE PUBLISHED: 1950 EDITION: FIRST ED 452

Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health FIRST PRINTING. HERMITAGE HOUSE, NY, 1950.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: very bright clean stated 1st edition, few chips to dustjacket, price $4.00 on front dj flap, bottom rear of dustjacket says Litho by Academy Photo offset Co NY, NY, browning to dustjacket flaps and end page. THIS IS A FIRST PRINTING WITH STATED FIRST EDITION DATE PUBLISHED: 1950 EDITION: FIRST ED 452

Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics. Hermitage House, New York, 1950.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt on the spine Vertical tape ghosts to endsheets and slight softening to spine at base, else Fine, in an un-clipped dust jacket with trivial edge wear, faint sunning to the spine and faint toning to the rear panel. A fantastic copy.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Hermitage House, New York, 1950.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Fourth printing of the first edition. Signed by L. Ron Hubbard and inscribed to a former owner on the verso of the front free endpaper. Very Good with light soiling and shelfwear to cloth, waterstain to yellow topstain only minutely intruding into margins. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some wear at the extremities, chipping, toning and soiling. The main text of Scientology, scarcely found signed by it's founder, L. Ron Hubbard.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Hermitage House, New York, 1950.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Fifth printing of the first edition. Signed by L. Ron Hubbard and inscribed to a former owner on the verso of the front free endpaper. Near Fine with light insect wear to textblock top edge, pages lightly toned. Browning between to textual pages from loosely laid in clipping, still present, reading "Come in and Meet L. Ron Hubbard" in an advert for the Kansas City department store Emery, Bird, Thayer. In a Very Good dust jacket with insect holes to spine and rear panel, tear to base of spine repaired from verso. The main text of Scientology, scarcely found signed by it's founder, L. Ron Hubbard.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.