Bruno Bettelheim
27 copies for sale · $20–$250 · 12 first editions · 5 signed
Notable copies for sale
Truants From Life: The Rehabilitation of Emotionally Disturbed Children (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$250
THE EMPTY FORTRESS; SIGNED 1st (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$148
Love Is Not Enough; The Treatment of Emotionally Disturbed Children (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$50
Children of the Dream; Communal Child-Rearing and American Education (signed) — Bauer Rare Books$40
A GOOD ENOUGH PARENT; A Book on Child-Rearing (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$48
TRUANTS FROM LIFE (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$47
FREUD AND MAN'S SOUL (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$43
Children of the Dream; Communal Child-Rearing and American Education (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$30
SURVIVING & OTHER ESSAYS (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$48
THE CHILDREN OF THE DREAM; Communal Child Rearing and American Education (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$47
A Home for the Heart (first edition) — Between the Covers$20
THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT; The Meaning of Importacve of Fairy Tales — Rare Book Cellar$93
Works on the market
THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT: THE MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF FAIRY TALES5 copies · $40–$123
Children of the Dream; Communal Child-Rearing and American Education3 copies · $40–$48
FREUD'S VIENNA AND OTHER ESSAYS2 copies · $48–$58
A HOME FOR THE HEART2 copies · $20–$43
Symbolic Wounds: Puberty Rites and the Envious Male1 copy · $150
THE EMPTY FORTRESS; SIGNED 1st1 copy · $148
A Home for the Heart - 1st Edition/1st Printing1 copy · $48
A GOOD ENOUGH PARENT; A Book on Child-Rearing1 copy · $48
SURVIVING & OTHER ESSAYS1 copy · $48
TRUANTS FROM LIFE1 copy · $47
FREUD AND MAN'S SOUL1 copy · $43
Informed Heart; Autonomy in a Mass Age1 copy · $35
Social Change and Prejudice1 copy · $20
Market context
9 copies of Bruno Bettelheim's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $53 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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