A Young Girl’s Diary with preface by Sigmund Freud (1921)

Young Girl’s Diary

Preface by Sigmund Freud

Translator: Eden and Cedar Paul

Publisher: Thomas Seltzer, New York

Year: 1921

Printing: Third Printing

Binding: Publisher’s cloth-backed boards (green boards, tan cloth spine)

Format: Octavo

This is the English-language publication of an anonymous adolescent girl’s diary, presented as a psychoanalytic document and framed by Freud as a serious contribution to understanding female sexual development.

It sits at the intersection of:

• Early psychoanalysis

• Sexuality studies

• Feminism / women’s history

• Censorship and moral panic in the U.S.

The book was frequently attacked, sometimes banned, and remains one of the more unsettling and debated Freud-adjacent publications of the 1920s.

Condition:

Binding

• Solid and intact

• Spine cloth heavily toned, worn, but original

• Paper spine label present and legible (this matters)

Boards

• Rubbing and edge wear

• Typical handling wear, no structural failure

Text Block

• Complete

• Moderate age-toning

• No visible staining, tearing, or loose gatherings

Overall Condition: Good to Good+, unrestored, honest, and saleable

(Not a fine copy — but very respectable for a 1921 Seltzer imprint)