The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman. University of Edinburgh Social Sciences Research Centre. 1956. 5 1/5" x  8 1/2"  (viii), 162 pages paperback. Light soiling and foxing to the cover. Bumping near the spine on the bottom of the front cover and to the top of the spine.  Some creasing to the spine. There is a large corner crease at the top of the front cover and a small tear to the top of the front cover. Some cover wear otherwise. The top corners of the first few pages are also bumped. Light staining to the bottom of the back few pages. No other previous owner markings.  No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is relatively tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. JE18a

      "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is a 1956 sociological book by Erving Goffman, in which the author uses the imagery of theatre to portray the importance of human social interaction. This approach became known as Goffman's dramaturgical analysis.
       Originally published in Scotland in 1956 and in the United States in 1959,[1] it is Goffman's first and most famous book,[2] for which he received the American Sociological Association's MacIver award in 1961.[3] In 1998, the International Sociological Association listed the work as the tenth most important sociological book of the 20th century."  -  Wikipedia