first English edition , translated from the German by Carol Stewart, presentation copy from the author , inscribed on front free endpaper "To Margaret D. Waterhouse in very old friendship and affection from Elias Canetti", original boards, very slight discolouring to extreme lower edge otherwise a fine copy, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and marked, 2 corners with minor loss, otherwise a very good copy, 8vo , 1962. A masterful study on the nature of crowd psychology and its role throughout history, by the author of Die Blendung ( Auto-da-Fé )