Bluglass robert former owner (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A substantial part of the working library of Professor Robert (Bob) Bluglass CBE (1930-2022), one of the founding figures of modern forensic psychiatry in Britain. 243 items: 110 hardbacks, 30 paperbacks and 103 booklets, reports and periodicals, sold as one lot. ABOUT PROFESSOR BLUGLASS Trained at St Andrews (MD on psychiatric disorder among Perth prison inmates), he was one of the first consultants in forensic psychiatry. He set up the Midland Centre for Forensic Psychiatry in Birmingham, the first regional forensic service, and was Clinical Director of the Reaside Clinic from its opening in 1987. Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham from 1979; Vice-President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 1983-85; closely involved in the revision that produced the Mental Health Act 1983; member of the 1999 Ashworth Special Hospital inquiry; co-editor with Paul Bowden of Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry (1990). CBE 1995. PROVENANCE Acquired by us outright as part of his library. Shown in the photos: his monogrammed "Ex Libris Professor Robert Bluglass" bookplate and ink underlining in F.A. Whitlock, Criminal Responsibility and Mental Illness (1963, ex-library), and his ownership signature on HMSO papers including the Review of the Mental Health Act 1959 (1978), the Mental Health Act 1959 Memorandum (1960) and the Kilbrandon Report (1964). HIGHLIGHTS - His own copy of Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry (1990), unmarked apart from a few removable page markers. - Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Personality Disorder Unit, Ashworth Special Hospital, Vols I and II (1999) - the inquiry he sat on. - Mental health law: Review of the Mental Health Act 1959; Mental Health Act 1959 Memorandum; Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982; Criminal Law Revision Committee 11th and 14th Reports. - Old Bailey Trial Series: The Trial of Harry Dobkin; The Trial of Ley and Smith. - Early classics: Norwood East (The Adolescent Criminal; Society and the Criminal), Mercier (Crime and Criminals; Criminal Responsibility), Lewis and Yarnell (Pathological Firesetting), Healy (Pathological Lying, Accusation and Swindling), Havelock Ellis, Reik, Glover, de Fleury, Hart, and Fletcher's Life of Dr William Palmer of Rugeley. - British forensic texts: Gunn et al. (Psychiatric Aspects of Imprisonment), Walker (Crime and Insanity in England, 2 vols), Dell (Murder into Manslaughter), West and Walk (Daniel McNaughton), Gibbens, Faulk, Trick and Tennent, Herbst and Gunn, Rollin, Prins. - Ephemera: Psychopathic Offenders (Cropwood Conference, ed. D.J. West); Raven's Progressive Matrices booklet; Sixth International Psychiatric Conference, Lahore 1986; Havard's RSM Stevens Lecture 1989. CONDITION A used working library, generally Good: some dust jackets chipped or torn, some older cloth rubbed or faded, a few spines damaged at the foot, booklets age-toned with some edge wear, and underlining or notes in some volumes. Not checked page by page. Please see the photos. DELIVERY About 122 kg in 7 boxes. Free delivery within the UK. International delivery is available; given the size of the lot, overseas buyers are welcome to contact us before ordering to discuss delivery arrangements. Full title list available on request.…