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

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1982. Leather_bound. Good +. Leather_bound. 12 1/4" X 9". 90pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of blue leather over boards. Spots of white paint to bottom edges of boards and to edge of text block. All-edge gilt. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Boards are slightly warped. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this collection of works by French artist Paul Cézanne. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote.

New York: Grove Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Malcolm Brooks to title page: "To David- Spoiler alert: I kill the horse!" All best, Malcolm Brooks". First edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 3/8". 370pp. Light shelfwear to unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue paper over boards, with spine backed in blue cloth and lettered in gilt. Gentle bumping to head and tail of spine, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable signed first printing of this novel by Malcolm Brooks, with unique and fun inscription. ABOUT PAINTED HORSES: In the mid-1950s, America was flush with prosperity and saw an unbroken line of progress clear to the horizon, while the West was still very much wild. In Painted Horses, now in paperback, a dauntless woman travels into that untamed landscape in an adventure that will change her life. Catherine Lemay is a young archaeologist who's… Read More

Seattle: University of Washington Book Store, 1927. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 7 1/4" X 5 1/4". 34pp. Mild rubbing, creasing, and toning to covers and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Sunning to spine. Torn bookplate to front free endpaper. "Closed Stacks" stamp to endpaper and to title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this booklet that aims to teach the reader to more deeply understand art and the artists who produce it.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 8 1/2". 151pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Flaps of jacket have been taped to paste-downs. Light rubbing to edges of blue cloth over boards. Previous owner's name in ink to front paste-down. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Following a discussion of materials, colors, and drawing principles, the author gives a step-by-step demonstration of techniques for painting the components of a portrait.(Publisher).

Trafford Publishing, 2002. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 10 3/4" X 8 1/4". xi, 236pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Palmistry, a true science is a masterpiece, based on scientific research, statistical approach and logical analysis. A marathon effort launched by the author Anu Venkat spanning over 19 years in re0inventing this great subject has yielded desired results.(Publisher).

New York: Delta Epsilon Pi, 1960. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet. 11" X 8 1/2". Toning and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Two 1/2" closed tears to edges of covers. Lacks marks and notation. A pamphlet featuring a headshot of Bonnie Jo Marguis, Miss New York State, and "The Rose of Delta Sigma Pi

Washington DC: Pan American Union, 1913. Hardcover. Good/fair. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 120pp. Dust jacket is encased in protective archival sleeve. Rather heavy wear to jacket with toning, soiling, creasing, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. Top 1/2 of rear jacket is missing. Front cover of jacket is nearly detached from spine, with only bottom 3 inches still attached. Inked notation dated 1913 to front cover. Bound in yellow cloth over boards with spine and front cover lettered in black. Rubbing and toning to covers and edges of boards. Bumps to corners. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Spots of toning to front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Includes scarce customs form from the Panama Rail Road Company/Panama Rail Road Steamship Line. Light foxing and small tears to customs form. A highly presentable copy of this early twentieth-century work on the Panama Canal. John Barrett (1866-1938) was a United States diplomat and a highly influentail early… Read More

New York: Random House, 2008. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xli, 188pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Bizarre illnesses and plagues that kill people in the most unspeakable ways. Obsessive and inspired efforts by scientists to solve mysteries and save lives. From The Hot Zone to The Demon in the Freezer and beyond, Richard Preston's bestselling works have mesmerized readers everywhere by showing them strange worlds of nature they never dreamed of. Panic in Level 4 is a grand tour through the eerie and unforgettable universe of Richard Preston, filled with incredible characters and mysteries that refuse to leave one's mind. Here are dramatic true stories from this acclaimed and… Read More

New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/2". 301pp. Wear to blue cloth over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Pages are free of marks and notation. Hinges feel a touch tender, however, binding remains sound. An overall solid copy of this 1935 First Edition novel.

Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 7/8". x, 457pp. Very warmly inscribed by Susan Herring Taynton "(since 1972)" to Mary Anne De Villier at half-title. Rather heavy wear to unclipped dust jacket, with small open tears at edges and extremities, dampstains to rear panel, soiling, toning, and edgewear. Gray cloth over boards, with spine lettered in white. Light shelfwear to binding, with lean to spine. Staining and soiling to edges of text block. Front hinge tender, binding remains sound. De Villier's label to front free endpaper. Light foxing to frontispiece and title, else pages clean and unmarked. A worn but solid signed copy of this memoir of the author's father, David Wells Herring, a Southern Baptist missionary to China for over forty years.

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very good. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library first edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 307pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of brown leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments. Dust-spotting to all-edges gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With letter from The Franklin Library laid in. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The sun was rising over Moat County, Florida, when Sheriff Thurmond Call was found on the highway, gutted like an alligator. A local redneck was tried, sentenced, and set to fry. Then Ward James, hotshot investigative reporter for the Miami Times, returns to his rural hometown with a death row femme fatale who promises him the story of the decade. She's armed with explosive evidence, aiming to free--and meet--her convicted "fiancÚ." With Ward's disillusioned younger brother Jack as their driver, they barrel… Read More

New York: Asia Publishing House, 1965. Hardcover. Good/fair. Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 1/2". 264pp. Heavy wear to dust jacket with rubbing and tearing to edges, large tear to head of spine, dampstains to tail of spine, and mild sunning. Very heavy sunning to red cloth hardcover binding, with mild edgewear and gentle bumping to corners. Binding is tight and sound. Contents are clean and unmarked. Three fold out charts to rear. From front flap: "This present volume contains fifteen papers selected from among the papers read at the third session of the conference on research in National Income (now incorporated as the Indian Association for Research in National Income and Wealth) held in Bombay in November 1961....The topics covered in the papers include depreciation in income and wealth estimates; personal income and saving; distribution of income and wealth; income by types of ogranisation; movement of distributive shares; consumption expenditure; wages; banks' contribution to national income; income… Read More

London: Black Dog Publishing, 2009. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 9 1/4". 169pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Peter Clark's collage's start with a scavenger trip to antiques fairs, flea markets and second hand stores to find the right objects to inspire his works. His most recognized pieces are the series of Dogs, from Spaniels to Bulldogs, and Clothes, from a dress out of old Ordnance Survey maps to a Hell's Angels jacket made of old bible and prayers books. Paperwork presents the working methods of this eccentric and unique artist, showing the progression of these pieces from found ephemera and paper to pieces of art. Clark starts each piece with a number of sketches, he then uses a variety of… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xi, 434pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and toning to covers and spine, and creasing and chipping to corners and edges. 1" neat tear to top of front cover. Blue cloth over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in blue and black. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Henri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most… Read More

New York: Springer, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xiv, 458pp. Very mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Occasional inked notation to pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Without the framework of the paradigm supporting layers of theories,models, and data, our concept of science, and its shared mode of scholarly thought, would not exist. The concept is readily understood. But how did we get there? Paradigms in Theory Construction classifies the collective worldviews that inform paradigms and clarifies the relationships between them, theories, and models in psychology, the hard sciences,and the social sciences. The book skillfully merges the philosophy of science with the history of scientific inquiry to explain how ideas take hold among populations,how paradigms are structured, whether they are based in logic, and under what circumstances paradigm shifts occur. Rich with historical and contemporary… Read More

New York: The New Press, 1994. Paperback. Very good +. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 246pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Price sticker to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the Nobel Prize winner, a coming-of-age story that illuminates the harshness and beauty of an Africa on the brink of colonization. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, Paradise was characterized by the Nobel Prize committee as Abdulrazak Gurnah's "breakthrough" work. It is at once the chronicle of an African boy's coming-of-age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism. Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into complexities of pre-colonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf's eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. The result is what… Read More

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv, 177pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine lettered in white and red. Pagse are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Insanity in clinical practice as in the popular imagination is seen as a state of believing things that are not true and perceiving things that do not exist. Most schizophrenics, however, do not act as if they mistake their delusions for reality. In a work of uncommon insight and empathy, Louis A. Sass shatters conventional thinking about insanity by juxtaposing the narratives of delusional schizophrenics with the philosophical writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein.(Publisher).

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xx, 466pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Paradoxical Brain focuses on the phenomenon whereby damage to the brain can actually result in enhancement of function, questioning the traditional belief that lesions or other negative effects on the brain will result in loss of function. The book covers a wide range of topics by leading researchers, including: • Superior performance after brain lesions or sensory loss • Return to normal function after a second brain lesion in neurological conditions • Paradoxical phenomena associated with human development • Examples where having one disease appears to prevent the occurrence of another disease • Situations where drugs with adverse effects on brain functioning may have beneficial effects in certain situations A better understanding of these… Read More

Lausanne: Editions Rencontre, 1969. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover. 12" X 9 1/2". Wear to paper over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Tear at top of spine has been repaired with a clear piece of tape. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Spine is shaken. Hinges feel tender, with connective mesh visible at front hinge. Light toning to endpapers. Penciled notation to front free endpaper. Light foxing to pages throughout. An admittedly worn, but overall solid copy of this mix-and-match book with French text.

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1970. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". lxxvii, 39pp. Wear to paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in ink at half-title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. The present translation is based on the German original, which has been edited by Professor S. Strasser and published. in Husse1'­ liana-Edmund H usserl, Gesammelte We1'ke. A uj Grund des N ach­ lasses ve1'ojjentlicht vom Husse1'l-Archiv (Louvain) unlet' Leitung vonH. L. Van Breda, vol. I (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1950), pages 3-39. Both my translation of the Paris Lectures and the Introductory Essay had been completed before the appearance of two sub­ stantial scholarly achievements: Dorion Cairns' faithful trans­ lation of Husserl's difficult Cartesianische Meditationen and Herbert Spiegelberg's detailed and comprehensive two-volume work, The Phenomenological Movement. I have since… Read More