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PEALE, Norman Vincent.

The Art of Living.

"Impressive incidents are cited of people who have tried this method and have healed inner conflicts, escaped from worry and fear, relieved stress and tension and conquered moral defect": First edition of Norman Vincent Peale's The Art of Living; inscribed by him

New York: Abdington-Cokesbury Press, 1937.

$375.00
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Rare first edition of Norman Vincent Peale's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Chancelor Mallott With pleasant memories of our day together at Kansas University, Norman Vincent Peale. Dec. 2, 1941." The recipient, Deane W. Mallott was an educator who served as assistant dean at Harvard Business School, Chancellor of University of Kansas, and president of Cornell University. With the recipient's bookplate to the pastedown. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
"An analysis of the sources of spiritual and personal power and the means of using them, by the competent minister of the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City" (The Christian Century).
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