Unique Lot INVASION FROM MARS Cantril + Signed Note + Lecture Notes + Clippings

Description: This is an absolutely unique lot centered around and including the classic book THE INVASION FROM MARS (With the Complete Script of the Orson Welles Broadcast) by Hadley Cantril. The volume included with this lot is the 1952 1st edition, 3rd printing, from the Princeton University Press. As shown in the accompanying photos, the dustcover is present but it has significant damage. As explained below, this book was used as a teaching tool by a university professor, and there are a variety of handwritten notes throughout the book. All of these materials came from the personal library and collections of famed American sociology professor Herbert Hyman. I have included a brief biographical sketch of Dr. Hyman below. In 1964 the publishing house of Harper & Rowe was considering reprinting The Invasion From Mars as part of its "Torchbook" paperback series. On August 28, 1964, Hugh Van Dusen of Harper & Rowe sent this copy of The Invasion From Mars to Dr. Heyman and asked whether Dr. Heyman thought a paperback of the book would be useful for teaching college students. Bot the August 28 1964 letter from Van Dusen and a draft of Dr. Hyman's are included with this lot! Ultimately Harper & Rowe decided to publish the paperback, and on May 2, 1966, Hadley Cantril, the author of The Invasion From Mars, sent Dr. Hyman a note thanking him for helping him get the paperback published and for providing a blurb for the paperback edition. That note, signed by Hadley Cantril, is also included with this lot! In time Dr. Hyman himself would utilize The Invasion From Mars in teaching his college courses, and also included in this lot are two (2) pages of Dr. Hyman's lecture notes about the book and its impact on panic and mass behavior. Finally, this lot also includes an October 1978 clipping from Parade magazine about the original Orson Welles hoax, along with a story from The American Journal of Sociology by Robert E. Forman titled "Resignation As A Collective Behavior Response", also dealing with the Welles hoax. This is an absolutely unique collection of materials. Please examine the photos for the most accurate depiction of the items being offered for sale.We happily respond to all questions and any reasonable offers. All purchases ship from Connecticut within one (1) business day of payment.We value our customers and their feedback and want you to be 100% satisfied with your purchase. If you are not, please contact us before you leave a neutral or negative feedback and give us the opportunity to make it right.Thank you for your interest! We appreciate you and encourage you to buy with confidence! Dr. Herbert H. Hyman, a professor emeritus at Wesleyan University and an early contributor to the science of polling, died Wednesday in Canton, China. Dr. Hyman was the author of four books on public-opinion polling and was credited with helping to develop the science of polling in the 1930s. He received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Columbia University, where he joined the faculty in 1951 as an associate professor. He became chairman of the sociology department in 1965, and in 1969 he joined the Wesleyan faculty as a sociology professor.

Price: 499.95 USD

Location: Greenwich, Connecticut

End Time: 2024-11-26T17:34:54.000Z

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