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

Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Paperback. Very good +. Paperback. 9" X 6". xiv, 275pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Why do we read and what happens when we do? Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers. -- Demonstrates how reading fiction can contribute to a greater understanding of, and the ability to change, ourselves -- Informed by the latest psychological research which focuses on, for example, how identification with fictional characters occurs, and how literature can improve social abilities -- Explores traditional aspects of fiction, including character, plot, setting, and theme, as well as a number of classic techniques, such as metaphor, metonymy, defamiliarization, and cues -- Includes extensive end-notes, which ground the work in psychological studies -- Features excerpts from… Read More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xvi, 342pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in orange cloth over boards with spine lettered in black. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions are of supreme importance today as the United States seeks to promote its democratic values abroad. Democracy and Knowledge is the first book to look to ancient Athens to explain how and why directly democratic government by the people produces wealth, power, and security. Combining a history of Athens with contemporary theories of collective action and rational choice developed by economists and political scientists, Josiah Ober examines Athenian democracy's unique contribution to the ancient Greek city-state's remarkable success, and demonstrates the valuable lessons Athenian… Read More

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1957. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 191pp. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Mild wear to bords with light rubbing to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Light foxing and toning to paste-downs and endpapers. Occasional light foxing to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. With 11 black-and-white illustrations throughout. An overall solid copy of this 1950s study of chimpanzees.

New York: Random House, 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink at front free endpaper. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 287pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in gray paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: "A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss" (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland "I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht's prose. . . Read in the context of today's conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial divisions—together more dystopian than any dystopian novel—the book surprised me most with its undercurrent of hope."—Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers, in The New York Times There's the world you can see.… Read More

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very good. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library First Edition. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 461pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of brown leather over boards. Five raised bands to spine with six gilt compartments. Dust-spotting to all-gilt edge. Tan sild bookmark sewn in. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With information sheet from The Franklin Library laid in. A handsome copy of this signed limited edition collection of stories by Edna O'Brien. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Her stories portray a young Irish girl's view of obsessive love and its often wrenching pain, while tales of contemporary life show women who open themselves to sexuality, to disappointment, to madness. Throughout, there is always O'Brien's voice wondrous, despairing, moving examining passionate subjects that lay bare the desire and needs that can be hidden in a woman's heart.(Publisher).

Philadelphia: Universal Book and Bible House, 1935. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. This salesman's dummy of P.J. O'Brien's Will Rogers: Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom features a sampling of the binding, contents, text, and illustrations of the book, with the salesman's order form at rear. A fun and out-of-the-ordinary look at what the pre-publication form of this popular book for boys looked like. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". Bound in blue cloth over boards with decorative covers stamped in black. Wear to boards with toning, rubbing, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Age-toning to pages. First couple pages are creased and separated from spine at top 1/2", though the pages remain firmly attached. Pencil mark to second page. Pages are otherwise free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this saleman's dummy for the biography of humorist, philanthropist, cowboy, newspaper columnist, movie- and vaudeville-star, Will Rogers.

New York: Mariner Books, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Tim O'Brien to page specially bound-in by the publisher. Stated first edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 449pp. Light shelfwear and very gentle bumping to unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle shelfwear and bumping to extremities of binding, firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unread. A very presentable signed first edition of this brilliant and rollicking odyssey, in which a bank robbery sparks "a satirical romp through a country plagued by deceit" (Kirkus, starred review), the first new novel in two decades by Tim O'Brien, an American Master and the author of The Things They Carried. ABOUT AMERICA FANTASTICA: Named one of Fall 2023's most anticipated books: New York Times, Associated Press, Esquire, Kirkus, Goodreads, LitHub, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and more At 11:34… Read More

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". viii, 251pp. Mild wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Spots of toning to edges of text block. Very occasional inked underlining and notation to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Recent revisionist scholarship has argued that representations by white "outsider" observers of black American music have distorted historical truths about how the blues came to be. While these scholarly arguments have generated an interesting debate concerning how the music has been framed and disseminated, they have so far only told an American story, failing to acknowledge that in the post-war era the blues had spread far beyond the borders of the United States. As Christian O'Connell shows in Blues, How Do You Do? Paul Oliver's largely neglected scholarship—and the unique transatlantic cultural context it provides—is vital to understanding the blues. O'Connell's study begins with Oliver's scholarship… Read More

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bob and Erin Odenkirk in ink at front endpaper. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 7 3/4". 150pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in pictorial paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Emmy Award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer, comedian, and actor Bob Odenkirk and his daughter, illustrator Erin Odenkirk, present poetic nonsense for all ages perfect for fans of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky! Bob Odenkirk began writing these poems with his children when they were little, compiling the poetry into a homemade book entitled Olde Time Rhymes. He wanted Nate and Erin to understand that actual people had written the books the family loved to read and to instill in them the feeling that they could be writers and illustrators… Read More

Eagle Rock: L'Image Odier Publishing Co, 1982. Good +/Good. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". 259pp. Book presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Rubbing and creasing to covers and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Some minor chipping to top edge of dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gray and the front stamped in black. Several small brown spots of soiling to rear free end paper an rear paste-down. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Photographs and diagrams throughout. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The end of the line for America's most notorious gangsters, a public symbol of the ultimate confinement, America's version of Devil's Island. The rapid growth of the gangster era during the 1920s and 1930s put tremendous pressure upon law enforcement agencies to exert control over this alarming threat. Part of the establishment's answer to this growing problem was the creation of Alcatraz Prison, an end-of-the-line confinement facility. Complete with 900 illustrations, sketches… Read More

New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxvi, 348pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Very light bump to bottom edge of spine. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: America's remarkable explosion of industrial output and national wealth at the end of the nineteenth century was matched by a troubling rise in poverty and worker unrest. As politicians and intellectuals fought over the causes of this crisis, Henry George (1839-1897) published a radical critique of laissez-faire capitalism and its threat to the nation's republican traditions. Progress and Poverty (1879), which became a surprise best-seller, offered a provocative solution for preserving these traditions while preventing the amassing of wealth in the… Read More

New York: Harper, 2013. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author in ink to title page. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 311pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Purple paper over boards with spine backed in blue and lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Slipcase is clean and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A riveting, brilliantly written debut novel, The Death of Bees is a coming-of-age story in which two young sisters attempt to hold the world at bay after the mysterious death of their parents. Marnie and Nelly, left on their own in Glasgow's Hazlehurst housing estate, attempt to avoid suspicion until Marnie can become a legal guardian for her younger sister. Written with fierce sympathy and beautiful precision, and told in alternating… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 7 1/2" X 4 3/4". 207pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. White paper over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink. For years she has tended to her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment, but Lizzie has little chance to spend her new free time with husband and son before her old mentor, Sylvia Liller, makes a proposal. Sylvia has become famous for her prescient podcast, Hell and High Water, and wants to hire Lizzie to answer the mail she receives: from left-wingers worried about climate change and right-wingers worried… Read More

Tokyo: Japan Mix Inc, 1998. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 12" X 8 1/2". Unpaginated. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of factory-clipped dust jacket. Rubbing to edges of red paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A clean, solid copy of this collection of erotic photographs featuring shibari. Shibari is a traditional Japanese art form that involves the intricate and decorative tying of ropes around a person's body. It originated from the ancient martial art of hojojutsu, which was used for restraining captives. In modern times, shibari has evolved into an artistic practice, often associated with BDSM and erotic contexts.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 523pp. Mild creasing, rubbing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Although the ability to retain, process, and project prior experience onto future situations is indispensable, the human mind also possesses the ability to override experience and adapt to changing circumstances. Cognitive scientist Stellan Ohlsson analyzes three types of deep, non-monotonic cognitive change: creative insight, adaptation of cognitive skills by learning from errors, and conversion from one belief to another, incompatible belief. For each topic, Ohlsson summarizes past research, re-formulates the relevant research questions, and proposes information-processing mechanisms that answer those questions. The three theories are based on the principles of… Read More

Tokyo: Self Published. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 11 3/4" X 8 1/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A clean solid copy of this collection of erotic photography featuring the Japanese art of shibari. Shibari is a traditional Japanese art form that involves the intricate and decorative tying of ropes around a person's body. It originated from the ancient martial art of hojojutsu, which was used for restraining captives. In modern times, shibari has evolved into an artistic practice, often associated with BDSM and erotic contexts.

New York: Routledge, 2001. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xi, 115pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Price sticker to rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Inked underlining and notation to pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Naturalism and the Human Condition is a compelling account of why naturalism, or the 'scientific world-view' cannot provide a full account of who and what we are as human beings. Drawing on sources including Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl and Sartre, Olafson exposes the limits of naturalism and stresses the importance of serious philosophical investigation of human nature.(Publisher).

New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1964. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 11" X 8 1/2". Unpaginated, 14pp. Moderate wear to staplebound pictorial wraps featuring Plan for Outlet and Plug, 1964. Creasing, edgewear, and scattered rubbing to wraps. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A presentable 1964 printing of this catalog issued to accompany the April 7th to May 2nd, 1964 exhibition of the work of sculptor Claes Oldenburg at the famed avant-garde Sidney Janis Gallery in New York City.

Los Angeles: Hyperion, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink at half-title page. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". vii, 372pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in green paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Almost sixteen years ago, Mateo Matisse's island homeland disappeared into the sea. Weary and hopeless, the survivors of San Madrigal's sinking escaped to New York. While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn diaspora community dreams of someday finding a way back home, Mateo--now a high school junior and piano prodigy living with his two aunts (one who's alive, the other not so much)--is focused on one thing: getting the attention of locally-grown musical legend Gerval. Mateo finally gets his chance on the night of the Grand Fete, an annual party… Read More

Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1956. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. This presentation of a theory of motivation is the work of psychologist James Olds (1922-1976), one of the founders of modern neuroscience and co-discoverer of the pleasure center of the brain. This particular copy is from the collection of "The Expert on Experts," Florida State University cognitive psychologist Anders Ericsson (1947-2020), the globally recognized researcher in the field of performance studies and the psychological nature of expertise whose work Malcolm Gladwell popularized in his bestselling book Outliers. 8 5/8" X 5 7/8". 277pp, plus publisher's list of titles. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Rather heavy edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, with chipping and small tears to edges and extremities, open tear to sunned spine, and dust soiling and faint dampstains to panels. The dust jacket definitely did its job, however. Bound in full… Read More