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Hubbard (L. Ron) / Dianetic Foundation.. Dianetics: What it is and How it Works.. Wichita: Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, 1951., 1951.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Original printed wrappers, stapled. 28pp. Light edge wear, a clean very good copy. In the original mailing envelope with the Foundation's return address in Elizabeth, New Jersey, overprinted, and the Wichita address beneath. Postmarked in Wichita in June,1952. Accompanied by a fold-out ad leaflet listing publications and prices (Current Dianetic Publications. January 1, 1952); also a Late Additions slip, and a business reply envelope for ordering. An uncommon booklet.

Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada

HUBBARD, L. RON. Dianetics: The Original Thesis. Wichita Publishing Co. 1951, 1951.

Price: US$150.74 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library; octavo plain green cloth boards with no lettering or other markings (possible rebind thus), iii+101pp, VG (usual stamps and markings, with bookplate to front pastedown; extensive pencil annotations and underscoring, with an additional page of notes tipped in op. p13 by prev. owner, light tanning and soiling within)

Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand

Hubbard, L Ron Hubbard Dianetics Foundation. Dianetics: What it is and How it Works.. Wichita: Hubbard Dianetics, 1951.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo, stapled wraps, 28p, VG-, paper is toned more at edges, no names, tares or markings, scarce early Scientology pamphlet.

Seller: Bristlecone Books RMABA, Ridgway, CO, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics. The Hubbard Dianetics Foundation, Wichita Kansas, 1951.

Price: US$240.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-5/8". Green cloth covered boards. 101 pp

Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.

HUBBARD, L. Ron. Self Analysis. A Simple Self-Help Volume of Tests and Processes Based on the Discoveries Contained in Dianetics. International Library of Arts and Science, (Wichita, Kansas), 1951.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first issue. Quarto. 112pp. Stapled green printed wrappers. Tiny tear at crown of spine, tiny closed tear on front cover, else a fine copy, with the covers bright and crisp. Lacking the die-cut disc issued with the book.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL: SIMPLIFIED, FASTER DIANETIC TECHNIQUES. The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc., Wichita, Kansas, 1951.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 326 pages plus 1 (of 2) folding chart and a sheet of12 coupons for ordering additional literature. Octavo. First printing of the first edition of this sequel to Hubbard's Dianetics, which was published one year earlier. Hubbard had not yet established Scientology as a religion, but Science of Survival a foundation for the religion. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with some wear to cloth at head and foot of spine; the usual dark tanning to pages. Sadly, the rare dust jacket is not present. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. DIANETICS: THE ORIGINAL THESIS. The Wichita Publishing Co, Wichita, 1951.

Price: US$412.95 + shipping

Description: 101 pages. Very good condition in a fair to good dust jacket; Jacket has a couple tears and a few small pieces missing and is somewhat soiled; Front end paper sports two former owner signatures.

Seller: By The Way Books, Richmond, TX, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. DIANETICS: THE ORIGINAL THESIS. The Wichita Publishing Co, Wichita, 1951.

Price: US$471.95 + shipping

Description: 101 pages. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket; Tape residue on end papers and jacket inner flaps; Former owner name and location on free end paper.

Seller: By The Way Books, Richmond, TX, U.S.A.

L. Ron Hubbard. Dianetics: The Original Thesis. The Wichita Publishing Co. copyright 1951, Wichita, KS, 1951.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Title page has a scientology Box 242, Silver Spring, Maryland. U. S. A. Distribution Center of Dianetics and Scientology address label affixed over the original distributed by The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, 211 W. Douglas Wichita address. Green cloth covered boards with no titles, iii, glossary, 101 pages. Bumping and curling to head and tail spine cloth extremities, light rubbing to board cloth extremities. Tight spine clean cloth covered boards, clean unmarked interior pages.

Seller: Footnote Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

HUBBARD, L. Ron. Self Analysis. A Simple Self-Help Volume of Tests and Processes Based on the Discoveries Contained in Dianetics. International Library of Arts and Science, (Wichita, Kansas), 1951.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, "Acceptance Fund Copy" issue, as stated on the front cover. Quarto. 112pp. Stapled cream-colored printed wrappers. A bit of faint soiling on wrappers, light wear, a near fine copy. Laid into the book is a die-cut printed disk, to be used in conjunction with the book, as issued.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Dianetics: The Original Thesis. The Wichita Publishing Co, Wichita, Kansas, 1951.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. 101pp. Green cloth, in original printed dust wrapper. Dust wrapper reads, "Dianetics, beginning with this present volume- now published for the first time,- constitutes an organized and codified body of knowledge and techniques, which can be taught in a precise fashion. Some of these techniques are amazing in the penetration they make of human thought and emotion. All of the techniques can be used consistently and effectively by anyone who has taken the trouble to learn them." Chapters include Primary Axioms, An Analogy of the Mind, The Dynamics, The Basic Individual, Engrams, Aberrations, The Tone Scale, The Character of Engrams, and others. Slight chip and 1/2" crease on top right corner of dw. Overall near fine condition. Scarce.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

[Dianetics: L. Ron Hubbard]. Hubbard, L. Ron. LOT OF THIRTEEN(13) EPHEMERAL PUBLICATIONS, BULLETINS, AND PRINTED PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, BY THE HUBBARD DIANETIC FOUNDATION, INC. [1950-1951]. The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc./ The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc, Elizabeth, N. J./ New York, New York/ Wichita, Kansas, 1951.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: First editions; lot of thirteen(13) ephemeral publications, promotional announcements, and "Bulletins" by The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc. LOT OF THIRTEEN(13) EPHEMERAL PUBLICATIONS, BULLETINS, AND PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS, BY THE HUBBARD DIANETIC FOUNDATION, INC. [1950-1951]. None of the thirteen items are separately recorded by OCLC, which does note holdings of similar, ephemeral publications by the Hubbard Dianetic Foundation The thirteen(13) items include: ~ DIANETICS: A BRIEF DISCUSSION. (L. Ron Hubbard, President and Co-Ordinator of Research). (Elizabeth, N. J.): (The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc.), (1950). First edition. Single sheet, folded to form 8 pages, printed on 8 sides. ~ [Printed Announcement]: To: ALL ASSOCIATE MEMBERS, DIANETICS GROUP and H. D. A.'s L. Ron Hubbard is now giving a 13 week series of daily 15 minute lectures over 126 radio stations. [caption title]. Elizabeth, N. J.: The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc., [1950]. Octavo, single sheet, printed on recto only. Folded once (as issued). ~ DIANETICS AND PSYCHOANALYSIS. (L. Ron Hubbard, President and Co-Ordinator of Research). (Elizabeth, N. J.): (The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc.), [February, 1951]. First edition. Single sheet, folded to form 6 pages, printed on 6 sides. ~ APPLICATION PROFESSIONAL COURSE OR INTENSIVE RUN. Quarto, single sheet, printed on recto only. [circa July-August, 1950]. Folded once; blank (unused) . ~ [Printed Announcement]: TO: ALL HDA'S AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. The March, 1951, issue of Pic Magazine, now on sale, contains a favorable article on dianetics. [caption title]. Elizabeth, New Jersey: The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc., January 3, 1951. Quarto, single sheet, printed on recto only. Folded once. ~ BULLETIN. The New York Branch of The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that beginning Saturday, March 3, 1951. transcribed lectures by L. Ron Hubbard. will hereafter be made available. New York, New York: The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc. Quarto, single sheet, printed on recto only. Folded twice (as issued). ~ ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE HUBBARD DIANETIC FOUNDATION, INC. Wichita, Kansas: Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc., [1951]. Quarto, single sheet, folded to form six pages, printed on four sides. ~ LIVING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS. Wichita, Kansas: Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc., [1951]. Quarto, single sheet, folded to form six pages, printed on five sides. ~ FOUNDATION PROCESSING. Wichita, Kansas: Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc., [1951]. Quarto, single sheet, folded to form six pages, printed on four sides. THE SPECIAL COURSE. Wichita, Kansas: Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc., [1951]. Octavo, single sheet, folded to form four pages, printed on three sides. ~ THE PROFESSIONAL COURSE LEADING TO CERTIFICATION AS HUBBARD DIANETIC AUDITOR. Wichita, Kansas: Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc., [1951]. Quarto, single sheet, folded to form siix pages, printed on three sides. ~ SPECIAL APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN EVALUATION. Narrow octavo, single sheet, printed on recto only. ~ [Printed Order Form]. Narrow octavo, single sheet, printed on recto only. The thirteen(13) items are generally in near fine condition. None of the thirteen items are separately recorded by OCLC, which does note holdings of similar, ephemeral publications by the Hubbard Dianetic Foundation. The thirteen(13) items are generally in near fine condition First editions; lot of thirteen(13) ephemeral publications, promotional announcements, and "Bulletins" by The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Hubbard, L. Ron. Science of Survival: Simplified, Faster Dianetic Techniques. The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Wichita, KS, 1951.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. xliii, [1], 328 pp. with leaf of 12 coupons bound in; two folding charts laid in. Bound in publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with thoroughly toned contents, tiny stains to top edge, in Very Good dust jacket, toned with a few chips to extremities, unclipped ($5.00). The sequel to Dianetics, quite scarce in the original jacket. A major source for what would later become Scientology.

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

HUBBARD, L. Ron. Self Analysis: A Simple Self-help Book of Tests and Processes Based on Dianetics. The International Library of Arts and Sciences / (The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation), (Wichita), 1951.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Stated first edition (also states "Acceptance Fund Copy" on front wrap). Quarto. 112pp. Stapled card wrappers printed in green. Laid in are two die-cut thin card discs with various physical properties printed at the edges, that correspond to parts of the text, as issued. Name of a noted psychotherapist, and the word "Dianetics" in ink along the edge of the spine, both on the front wrap, cheap paper toned but sturdy, very good or better. Very early publication from Dianetics, a popular but short-lived form of psychotherapy, and the forerunner of Scientology.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.