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Hardcover, octavo bound in genuine forest green top-grain leather, with all edges gilt and spine brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 414 pages. Bibliography, Index. Translated from the Russian by W. Horsley Gantt, with the collaboration of G. Volborth, M.D. Introduction by Walter B. Cannon, M.D. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. This special limited edition was prepared from the first American edition of 1928 courtesy of the Harvey Cushing/ John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University. First edition thus of a limited edition, lacking publisher supplied book-plate designating volume number, albeit this copy came from a private collection where all the other copies were number 921. A seminal compilation of the Nobel laureate’s groundbreaking work in neurophysiology, containing forty-one lectures and articles delivered by Pavlov to various scientific societies between 1903 and 1928. Modern criticism focuses on outdated Neurophysiological models employed and Pavlov’s oversimplification of higher cognition but the present work retains its historical significance for its rigorous adherence to scientific method and the general principles it develops which form the bedrock of behavioral psychology. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, pristine and as new.