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

Basel: Benno Schwabe, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 12 1/2" X 8 1/2". 115pp. Text in German. Printed paper over boards with spine backed in tan cloth and lettered in black. Moderate wear to binding, with boards exposed at extremities and lettering rubbed away to spine. Front hinge starting with spine visible at foreword. Bookplate of Dr. Otto and Dr. Lili Frohlich to front pastedown. A worn but still quite attractive copy of this exploration of the art of I. A. D. Ingres. This is an oversize book and will require additional postage for international or priority orders.

New York: TarcherPerigree, 2020. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". xxv, 286pp. Very mild wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. White paper over boards with spine backed in yellow and lettered in black. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This raw and relatable guide to radical self-care and self-love empowers readers to embrace the powerful Diosa within. In this fiercely inspiring book from a fresh new voice in the women's empowerment space, psychotherapist Christine Gutierrez welcomes women to join her in healing the wounds from past hurt or trauma to reclaim their worth and come back home to their true self and soul. Diosa is the Spanish word for Goddess. A diosa is anyone who honors the primal feminine energy in the world and within themselves. According to Gutierrez, diosas face obstacles in their lives but are always ready and willing to go to their core to reclaim their inner worth and self-esteem.… Read More

Tokyo: Mure Shuppan, 1982. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 6 7/8". Text in Japanese. Color pictorial dust jacket over pictorial wraps. Mild shelfwear to binding with bumping to top corner. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. This book features photographs devoted to the Japanese erotic photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940), featuring a mix of black-and-white portraits of the artist, candids of the artist in action and in social life, and erotic and bondage photography, most taken by Katsumi Takahashi, with text by Kazuo Nishii.

New York: Grove Press, 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink at special publisher's page. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 329pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue paper over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A career defining tour-de-force from New York Times bestselling, award-winning and "formidably gifted" (Chicago Tribune) author of Peace Like a River Leif Enger. A storyteller "of great humanity and huge heart" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River which sold over a million copies and captured readers' hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author's accomplished, resonant body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a… Read More

Brooklyn: Akashic Books, 2024. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 308pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A serial killer's desire to protect children fuels a parallel drive to murder other sadistic men in this immersive and literary psychological thriller. BULLIED AS CHILD FOR BEING OVERWEIGHT and an orphan, the serial killer in I Disappeared Them hides in plain sight. By day, he is an affable family man with a disarming smile, surrounded by his children and loving wife. At night he punches the clock as a hard-working pizza man. After work, he roams Miami's nighttime streets as the Periwinkle Killer, the sociopath passing judgment on the wicked according to a twisted moral code. He believes himself to be a defender of women and children. The Everglades is filling up with the corpses of his victims. He… Read More

New York: Emily Bestler Books, 2022. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. First Edition. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 5 1/4". 410pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Against the unforgiving landscape of a hospital, I fell in love with a mischievous, sun-eyed boy who became my only joy in that desolate place. That's what made it all the more soul-crushing when he committed suicide in front of me. Since then, I've sworn never to love anyone again. With three exceptions: My friends, Sony, Neo, and Coeur, a little gang of rebellious, dying kids. Sony leads the charge with the air of freedom and only one lung to breathe it. Neo, a bad-tempered and wheel-chaired writer, keeps track of our great deeds from stealing to terrorizing our nurse. Coeur is the beautiful boy, the muscle, the gentle giant with a failing heart. Before death inevitably knocks down our doors, my thieves and I have one last heist planned. A… Read More

New York: Ora Lerman Charitable Trust, 2001. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 10 1/2". x, 110pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Slight curl to covers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A clean, solid copy of this exhibition catalog featuring the art of Ora Lerman.

New York: Wednesday Books, 2022. 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". 355pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in white paper over boards with spine and front cover stamped in red. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need... Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she's spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and the puritanical administration of Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing that's kept her going: winning valedictorian. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal's perfect progeny.… Read More

New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1945. Good. Signed and inscribed to previous owner by author in ink at half-title page. Author's signature is dated "1945". 7 1/4" X 5". 123pp. Rubbing, creasing, toning, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges. 2 1/2" closed tear to rear cover. Occasional inked underlining and margin marks to pages. Underlining and marks do not obscure text. Inked inscription at inside of front cover says, "Given by Mrs. Mackay to Mrs. Virgil Eady. Oxford, Georgia." The author's inscription mentions her "dear friend, Mrs. Mackay, who was also 'there' in China.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 7 1/2". ix, 419pp. Very mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Price sticker to rear cover. Very occasional inked notation to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The study and measurement of human intelligence is one of the most controversial subjects in psychology. For much of its history, the focus has been on differences between people, what it means for one individual to be more intelligent than the other, and how such differences might have arisen. With the emphasis on these issues, the efforts to understand the general nature of intelligence have been obscured. The author provides clear, comprehensive, and extremely readable introduction to this difficult subject. In addition to a discussion of the traditional topics raised by IQ tests, this book attempts to bring the theory and data of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience to bear on some of these other,… Read More

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author in ink at title page. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 306pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Light rubbing to edges of blue paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Edgar Award-winner Steve Hamilton introduced one of the most compelling characters in modern fiction with Alex McKnight. In Ice Run, Alex finds himself in the middle of a very strange mystery with much greater consequences than he ever anticipated. . . . Alex McKnight is happier than he can remember being in a long time. And it's all because of a woman Natalie Reynaud, a Canadian police officer. When they take a romantic weekend together at an old luxury hotel, however, they receive an unexpected message… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 6". 280pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Wear to jacket with rubbing and toning to covers and creasing and light tears to corners and edges. Sunning to spine.Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Rubbing and toning to covers and edges of boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to gutters of front and rear endpapers. Very light foxing to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This stirring tale of Iceland fishermen; of their expeditions to the cold and dangerous regions where the summers no longer have nights, and of their return to their firesides in Paimpol--is one of the great masterpieces of French literature. It is a gripping tale of adventure and romance, a colorful and exciting story of fearless men, and of their patient, courageous wives.(Publisher).

Helsinki, Finland: Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2014. First Printing, limited to 2000 copies. Paperback. Very good +. First Printing, limited to 2000 copies. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 5 7/8". 28pp plus maps. Bound in glossy wraps. Slight wear to edges of wraps, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. This is a highly presentable 2014 first printing, limited to 2000 copies, of The Idea from Space, an RPG adventure in the Weird Fantasy Role-Playing Game Lamentations of the Flame Princess, accompanied by 3 LotFP postcards, unmarked with only a hint of wear to corners. ABOUT LAMENTATIONS OF THE FLAME PRINCESS, THE IDEA FROM SPACE: Xaxus is a creature of pure thought. Manakata is a being of raw power. On an island at the edge of the world, they transform human proxies to act on their behalf. And they war. Now it's you on this island, caught in this battle. Will you remain who you are? Can you? The Idea from Space is an adventure suitable for low-level characters for use… Read More

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1974. Paperback. Very good +. Paperback. 9" X 6". xxiii, 411pp. Unread copy in publisher's shrink wrap. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The author here engages in the 'philosophical history of philosophical ideas'. This distinguishes him from those who do 'philosophical history' of ideas from outside the domain of philosophy proper, and on the other hand from those who do 'historical history' of philosophical ideas. By philosophical history in general, I mean an account of the 'conceptual lineage' of ideas or systems of ideas, a discerning of the relations between ideas or systems of ideas, a discerning of the relations between ideas with respect to their content and their logical order of precedence, apart from the historical sequence in which they are introduced and developed. The author's ambition is to carry out such 'historical' inquiries in… Read More

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1970. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". xxii, 60pp. Toning and rubbing to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in ink at half-title page. Very occasional inked notation to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In five lectures delivered in 1907 at the University of G ttingen, Edmund Husserl lays out the philosophical problem of knowledge, indicates the requirements for its solution, and for the first time introduces the phenomenological method of reduction. For those interested in the genesis and development of Husserl's phenomenology, this text affords a unique glimpse into the epistemological motivation of his work, his concept of intentionality, and the formation of central phenomenological concepts that will later go by the names of `transcendental consciousness', the `noema', and the like. As a teaching text, The Idea of Phenomenology is ideal: it is brief, it is unencumbered by the… Read More

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 465pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and toning to covers and chipping and small tears to corners and edges. Bound in red cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to gutters of endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Widely regarded as the principal founder of phenomenology, one of the most important movements in twentieth century philosophy, Edmund Husserl's Ideas is one of his most important works and a classic of twentieth century thought. Husserl's early thought conceived of phenomenology - the general study of what appears to conscious experience - in a relatively narrow way, mainly in relation to problems in logic and the theory of knowledge. The publication of Ideas in 1913 witnessed a significant and controversial widening of Husserl's thought, changing the course of phenomenology decisively.… Read More

St. Paul: The American Phytopathological Society, 2008. Spiral_bound. Good +. Spiral_bound. 11" X 8 3/4". vi, 176pp. Mild rubinf and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Spiral binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: One-stop resource for those who need to identify fungi -- includes keys to classes, orders, and families; an illustrated glossary; hundreds of illustrations; and a guide to literature. More than 500 Illustrations! The Identification of Fungi: An Illustrated Introduction with Keys, Glossary, and Guide to Literature is a comprehensive manual that gives beginners the skills to identify fungi. In addition to plant pathogenic fungi, the manual covers mushrooms, slime molds, fungi of clinical significance, indoor air fungi, and other aspects of mycology. This manual covers all groups of fungi and fungus-like organisms and includes over 500 diagrams and line drawings. Descriptions of major groups… Read More

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 10 1/4". Unpaginated. 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. Includes signed, illustrated print. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In her funniest book yet, two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall captures the astonishing spectacle of a child imagining life as a horse. And with a book jacket adorned with glitter, this romp really sparkles! If you were a horse, what would you do? Could you fit in your clothes? Would you give your little sister a ride? Would your brother even notice? Gallop along with two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall through this riotous day in the life of a child who imagines their life as a horse. What ensues are uproarious, resonant episodes that feature a giant horse in familiar settings offering both a visual feast, a grand dose… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed and inscribed in ink by author, Gina Barreeca, to title page. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". ix, 262pp. Very mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Blue cloth over boards with spine backed in white. Pages crisp, clean, and unmarked. Binding is tight. A clean, unread, first edition copy of this collection of humorous essays on the topic of women navigating personal and professional spaces by Gina Barreca.

Beirut: Librairie Antoine, 2018. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 10 3/4" X 8 3/4". 253pp. Wear to paper over boards with rubbing and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Spots of paper are torn at bottom edge of front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: I dedicate this book "If the Trees Could Talk" to those, people and institution, taking part or who will take part in saving these trees scarred by the actions of unscrupulous individuals and leaders. Perhaps one day, general conscience will awaken and people will hear the cries of distress from this nature overwhelmed by the variations in climate and especially from pollution and wrongdoings. It is a tragedy. It is the end of fertile plains, blue sky, glorious mounts, crystal clear water sources and these trees that are the breath of life. This work is a message addressed to all the men and all the women of the world, and in particular to those of my beautiful country so that, all together, they can work at last to… Read More