THREE ESSAYS ON THE THEORY OF SEXUALITY BY SIGMUND FREUD 1949 FIRST EDITION

[FREUD, SIGMUND]. Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. London: Imago Publishing Company, Limited, 1949.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (22 x 14 x 1.5 cm); pp. 133. English text, translated by James Strachey. Bound in publisher's blue covers with gilt spine titles, supplied with the original unclipped dust jacket. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, the covers and contents very well-preserved. Dust jacket with mild shelf wear. Without previous ownership markings. 

Notes: First authorized translation in English of Freud's essays on infantile sexuality and human psychosexual development. Three Essays is second only to the Interpretation of Dreams in its importance to Freudian theory. First published in German in 1905; the first American edition was published in 1910 under the title Three Contributions to the Sexual Theory.