Search Results: Titles starting with O from Underground Books, ABAA

Nashville: Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1923. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 7 1/2" X 5". 155pp. Wear to paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and gentle bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Toning to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in pencil at front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this study of the Baptist Mountain Mission Schools.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good/good. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". 438pp. Book presents nicely with price-clipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Rubbing, toning, and shallow chippping to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Gentle rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of brown cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Faint toning to endpapers. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Deep in a maze of musty, forgotten hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of the crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on transforming him, bit by bit, into the terrifying imbunche: a twisted monster with all of its orifices sewn up, buried alive in its own body. Once, Mudito walked upright and spoke clearly; once he was the personal assistant to one of Chile's most powerful politicians,… Read More

New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2009. Hardcover. Good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 184pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in white. A spot of toning to top edge of text block. Pages 82 and 83 were stuck together and have been pulled apart, resulting in some surface paper loss to both pages; however, no text has been lost. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Contemporary mainstream psychology has moved toward methodological specificity bounded by instrumental experimentalism. However, this institutional reduction of sanctioned methods has not been fully embraced by all social scientists, nor even by all experimental psychologists. The social sciences are rife with examples of practicing empirical scientists disaffected with the reductionism and atomism of traditional experimentalism. The empirical theory and practice of four of these disaffected… Read More

Pasadena: Art Center College of Design, 2008. Paperback. Very good +. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 8". 75pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. A solid copy of this work of collaboration between the arts and science. Part of a limited edition of only 2000 copies. ABOUT THIS BOOK: OBSERVE has commissioned five contemporary artists to create works of art in collaboration with the science, knowledge, and technology resources of the Spitzer Science Center, a NASA/Caltech-JPL lab managing the infra-red deep-space Spitzer Space Telescope.(Publisher).

Berkeley: Occident, 1967. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". 116pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing, toning, and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Penciled notation to title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Contents include Eric Hoffer's essay "Thoughts on the Intellectual", an essay by Mark Schorer, poetry by Louis Simpson and Thom Gunn, fiction by Ron Loewinsohn and Adina Rosenman. Black-and-white photographs throughout.

Lamy, New Mexico: Creatopia Productions, 2007. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9 3/4" X 6 3/4". 106pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Sunning to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Is there a "Secret Physics" with a different set of rules--hidden away from us earlier in this century, by a powerful elite who fear the technology based on it will strip away their power and wealth, and liberate us from their grip? Dynamite comes in small packages, and this little stick of dynamite, blows apart pseudo-scientific myths and instills the truth.(Publisher).

London: Carmania Press, 1998. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by author in ink to title page. 10 3/4" X 8 1/2". 88pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Black and white photographs throughout. This book offers an inside look at various ocean liners from 1958-1969.

Los Angeles: The United Lodge of Theosophists, 1922. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 5". xii, 153pp. Rubbing and gentle bumps to covers, corners, and edges of green cloth over boards. Slight lean to spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Top edge gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Ocean of Theosophy represents an attempt to summarize the main ideas involved in the theosophical philosophy, explained in a way that can be understood easily by the average reader—each chapter is devoted to a specific tenet of theosophy and provides an overview of its meaning. To this day "The Ocean" remains one of the best books for newcomers to theosophy. Yet it also contains ideas and explanations that continue to be helpful as one's studies go deeper into the philosophy. List of Chapters: Chapter I. Theosophy and the Masters Chapter II. General Principles Chapter III. The Earth Chain Chapter IV. Septenary Constitution of Man Chapter V. Body and Astral Body Chapter… Read More

New York: Dell Publishing Co, 1976. Seventh Printing. Paperback. Good. Seventh Printing. Paperback. 7" X 4 1/4". 256pp. Mild edgewear to color pictorial wraps featuring an image from the 1976 film, also written by Herman Raucher, directed and produced by Max Baer Jr. and starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. All edges blue. Center crease to spine. Binding is firm and sound. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. An overall well-preserved 1976 printing of Herman Raucher's novelization of his screenplay adaptation of Bobbie Gentry's 1967 hit song "Ode to Billie Joe.

University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xii, 300pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A comprehensive discussion of Plato's treatment of techne (technical knowledge), which shows that the final goal of Platonic philosophy is nontechnical wisdom. The Greek word "techne," typically translated as "art," but also as "craft," "skill," "expertise," "technical knowledge," and even "science," has been decisive in shaping our "technological" culture. Here David Roochnik comprehensively analyzes Plato's treatment of this crucial word. Roochnik maintains that Plato's understanding of both the goodness of techne, as well as its severe limitations and consequent need to be supplemented by "nontechnical" wisdom, can speak directly to our own concerns about the troubling impact technology has had on contemporary life. For… Read More

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xx, 235pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A psychoanalytic look at the representation of monsters, giants and masculinity in medieval texts. The phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying appear in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon to late Middle English period, including Beowulf, The Knight and the Lion, History of the Kings of Britain and several of Chaucer's books.(Publisher).

New York: John Day Company, 1941. Hardcover. Very good/poor. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". 203pp. Dust jacket in pieces and laid in, with dampstains and creasing. Pale yellow cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in dark burgundy. Moderate edgewear to binding, with corners gently bumped. Binding is firm and sound. Previous owner's name pencilled to front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Margaret Mead writes the introduction on the front flap: "A fresh and original attack upon the problems of present-day culture in terms of the relationship between men and women....Realistically she bids man help woman more, give more, dare more--that the world may be the gainer." A presentable copy of this special edition for the women of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), with very worn dust jacket, of this examination of women's rights and role in American before the Second World War.

New York: Flatiron Books, 2021. Hardcover. New/new. Hardcover. First Edition, Third Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 207pp. A clean, new copy. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. Carmen, still wrestling with the trauma of displacement, must process her difficult relationship with her own mother while trying to raise a wayward Jeanette. Steadfast in her quest for understanding, Jeanette travels to Cuba to see her grandmother and reckon with secrets from the past destined to erupt. From 19th-century cigar factories to present-day detention centers, from Cuba to Mexico, Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and… Read More

Morrisonville: The Adirondack Forty-Sixers, 1991. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xv, 350pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of blue paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this collection of essays, stories, and photographs of the Adirondacks. Includes unused ADK bookplate.

Ann Arbor: Herman Miller, Inc, 1968. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 11" X 8 1/2". 71pp. Mild shelf wear to paper wraps with light rubbing and toning to covers and edges. Slight curl to edges of covers. Glossy plastic covering is just beginning to peel at edges of wraps. Sunning to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this work on optimizing office space by Director of the Research Department at Herman Miller, and inventor of the cubicle, Robert Propst (1921-2000). Though the cubicle was formed out of Propst's Action Office system, he was appalled by their use in "cubicle farms," which went against his philosophy of optimizing offices for the promotion of productivity, privacy, and health for the workers. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this classic treatise, Robert Propst spells out his vision for the modern office. As Herman Miller's Research Director, Propst's investigation of "the office and the human performer" asserts that the constant, exponential change in… Read More

Las Vegas: Pioneer Books, 1989. Stated First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Stated First Edition. Paperback. 10 7/8" X 8 1/2". Black and white pictorial wraps. MIld edgewear to binding. Foxing to edges of text block. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this collection of Secret Agent comic strips.

N.P.: White Raven, Inc, 1984. Wraps. Good +. Wraps. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 40pp. Comb-bound paper wraps feature a drawing based on a copy of the engraving of Oglethorpe by Ravent. Mild wear, with dust soiling, light edgewear, and toning to rear of wraps. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Contents: Godalming, The "Ann," Yamacraw Bluff, Stormy Passages, Home to Cranham. A nice and solid copy of this "mini-biography" of James Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia, by Englishwoman, historian, occultist, and Oglethorpe enthusiast Mollie Moncrieff, whose other titles include Occultism for Everyman and True Tales of Reincarnation and Astral Rescue.

Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. First Edition. Hardcover. 10" X 10". Unpaginated. Signed by David Bottoms and inscribed to previous owner by Diane Kirkland. Lain in is a commemorative bookmark featuring the book cover. Moderate wear to dust jacket, with rubbing to edges and extremities, surface scratching, and small tears to corners. Green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. A touch of edgewear to binding, with gentle bumping to extremities, else fine, firm and sound. Atlanta Metro Travel Association bookplate to front pastedown. Some ink to page facing title page from signatures of authors. Pages are clean and bright. A very presentable signed first printing with bookmark of this union of Diane Kirkland's award-winning photography with the powerful writing of Georgia's poet laureate, David Bottoms.

Long Beach: Write Bloody Publishing, 2011. Paperback. Very good +. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by author in ink to title page and front free endpaper. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 83pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Book appears to be unread. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In her fourth collection of poetry, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz uses her youth as muse. Whether ruminating on the trials and tribulations of life in the single digits ("My Elementary School Confessions"), exposing her unapologetic high school geekiness ("The Secret Language of Nerds") and exalting all the melodramatic yet sincere love verses she ultimately penned in vain ("On Reading Old Unrequited Love Poems"), this plump collection commiserates and celebrates all the wonder, terror, banality and comedy that is the long journey to adulthood.(Publisher).

Washington DC: Henry Publications, 1997. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 11" X 8 1/2". 189pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this book "written for an electrician, by an electrician."-Tom Henry.