8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; xviii - 159 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. First British Commonwealth edition. From the DJ: "If it is now generally recognized that addictive drinking stems from an illness, but the nature of the illness is not clear . . . . . Dr. Thimann concludes that alcoholism is an abnormal conditioned response . . . . he presents a sound positive theory of what addictive drinking really is . . . ." The text block edges are browned and the dust jacket panels are lightly soiled.

Alcoholism, Addiction, Therapy, Illness, Alcoholics, Drinking, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Sciences Health