Publisher: Grove Press, Inc., New York.

Title: Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships by Eric Berne, M.D.

Format: Hardcover book with original illustrated dust jacket; eighth printing, copyright 1964; manufactured in the United States of America by The Book Press, Brattleboro, Vermont.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-13783.

Subject/Genre: Psychology, human relationships, transactional analysis, interpersonal dynamics, social behavior.

Details: Blue hardcover boards under a white jacket with abstract circle design on the front and an author photograph on the back panel. Interior includes preface, introduction, three parts (Analysis of Games, A Thesaurus of Games, Beyond Games), appendix on the classification of behavior, and author, subject, and pastime/game indexes.

Ownership marks: Previous owner's printed name-and-address label is affixed neatly near the bottom of the title page.

Special notes: Influential classic study of everyday psychological "games" covering life games, marital games, sexual games, underworld games, consulting room games, and constructive or "good" games, with diagrams and figures illustrating key concepts.