Boston: Beacon Hill Press, (1959). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 111 pp. Original burgundy cloth covered boards, stamped in white, in original unclipped ($3.00) dust-jacket. First-state jacket with “Gordon Allport” to front panel. Considerable wear to jacket with tape reinforcements. Curling and edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners, with tears, chipping and loss. Smudges and general handling wear present. Toning to jacket spine. Front flap barely on, reinforced with tape. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, firm. Spine crown lightly curled. Some fading and and nicks particular to rear panel. A few nicks and smudges to page edges. Previous owner’s name neatly penned atop ffep. There are pages with notations in red pen.

Dust Jacket: Acceptable

Hardcover: Good

“Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity. According to a survey conducted by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Library of Congress, Man's Search for Meaning belongs to a list of "the ten most influential books in the United States." At the time of the author's death in 1997, the book had sold over 10 million copies and had been translated into 24 languages.”