London: Charles Knight, 1832. First Edition. Engraved title page with portrait of Roger Bacon, xvi, 320 pp. Late 19th century three-quarter leather with marbled paper sides, spine with five compartments decorated and lettered in gilt. Very Good with rubbing along edges, a few tiny stains to edges, foxing to prelims..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1941. First editon. 285 pp. Original orange cloth with black lettering. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($2.50), slightly chipped at head and tail, creased closed tear at top of back panel, lightly worn along edges. Former owner's name written on front..... More
Denver, CO: The Institute of Financial Education, 1937. First edition, cloth issue, variant binding with smooth cloth and no winged sphinx on spine. Very Good+ with a little soiling and foxing to edges, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with spine panel a bit sunned, rubbed, light edge wear with..... More
Denver: The Institute of Financial Education, 1937. First edition, with subtitle "A Saga for Practical Treasure Hunters." One of two variants of cloth, the smoother blue cloth, as opposed to a course blue cloth with a winged sphinx on the spine. In Good condition. Side of page block shows foxing..... More
Denver: The Institute of Financial Education, 1937. First edition, with subtitle "A Saga for Practical Treasure Hunters." One of two variants of cloth, the smoother blue cloth, as opposed to a course blue cloth with a winged sphinx on the spine. In Good condition. Clean text, though pages are age..... More
Unknown: Unknown, 1972. Six black-and-white photographs, 8" x 10." Possible publicity photos but no identifying marks or information. Photos are in Good or better shape with faint creasing down the middle; the snake photo has a marginal stain, and the tophat publicity photo has a stain that intrudes into the..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1939. First edition. xix, 268pp. Black cloth with yellow lettering. Fine in Very Good unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket, chipped along top edge, spine panel lightly sunned, a few faint stains. A very clean, bright copy of the Austrian-born management theorist's first book, a prescient..... More
New York: HarperBusiness, 1993. 232 pp. First edition, third printing. Signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine, with toning to pages and light corner bumping, in a Near Find dust jacket with uneven fading, light edge wear and an "autographed copy" sticker to the front panel..... More
New York: J. F. Tapley Co., 1923. First edition. Signed by Eugene Fersen in gold ink, and inscribed to feminist and birth control activist Margaret Sanger. Bound in publisher's dark brown faux-alligator leatherette binding over semi-flexible boards, with emblem stamped in gilt on front cover; lacking the box. Very Good..... More
New York: Adelphi Publication, 1936. Signed by author in black ink on front end paper, inscribed to former owner (who was a fellow member in New Haven Colony Historical Society) dated July 1936. Author's cartoon bookplate on paste down. Revised edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Clean pages..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1962. 202pp. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original navy cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with light shelf lean, spine ends lightly softened, paperclip marks to top edge of several pages, else Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. First Edition, Early Printing with publisher's date code of "C-A" on the copyright page, corresponding to March, 1951. In dust jacket with $3.50 intact. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Two early pages of text have underlining, otherwise clean text. Spine..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Third revised edition. Signed by Benjamin Graham and inscribed to a former owner, "To my good friend, Ted Weisman, hoping it will help him in his nefarious projects." Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good with light fading to cloth..... More
New York: The Master Key Institute, 1919. Complete in seven volumes. Publisher's green leatherette binding, decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good. Light general wear to covers, gilt mostly rubbed, especially to spines. Light tidemarks to endsheets of several volumes. Repairs to hinges of volume 1, rear hinge..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First edition, early printing. (Stated "First edition" on copyright page with no additional printings, letters K-X for October 1923.) 325 p. with index. Good condition. Clean text. Not an ex-library copy! Red cloth has spots of wear or insect nibbling, staining, dampstain on spine..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Ralston Society, 1946. Copyright page lists 1946, though title pages are dated 1937. Complete in 8 volumes, each containing two lessons, bound in publisher's red decorated in blind with titles in gilt, decorated in blind with titles in gilt. Volumes range from Good to Very Good, with..... More
Meriden, CT: The Ralston University Press, 1928. First Edition, complete eight volume set, bound in dark blue variant cloth with volumes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine. Rubbing to gilt stamping and to cloth at tips. Foxing to edges, heaviest at top edge; pages toned. Several volumes show faintly..... More
Meriden, CT: The Ralston Society, 1937. Early reprint. Sixteen lessons complete in eight volumes, bound in publisher's maroon cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good. General light wear to cloth, tarnishing and rubbing to gilt stamping, toning to pages, and light biopredation to textblock edge. Rear hing..... More
Meriden, CT: The Ralston University Press, 1928. First Edition, complete eight volume set. Bound in light blue variant cloth stamped in dark blue. Good. Cloth mottled and soiled, spine-faded and frayed at the spine ends. Previous owner stamps to textblock edges and front and rear endsheets, bookplates to front pastedowns..... More
Meriden, CT: The Ralston Society, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Rubbing and tarnishing to gilt, soiling to front cover, light edge wear. Previous owner rubber stamp to front and rear pastedown. A scarce first printing of..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: The Ralston Society, 1946. Reprint. Signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free end paper, inscribed to previous owner. Publisher's burgundy cloth binding decorated in gilt. Near Fine. Light foxing to endsheets, small tear to edge of front free endpaper, advert for a Napoleon Hill radio show tipped..... More
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1923. First edition. xliv, 724 pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good with L-shaped tear in cloth at head, tiny piece of tape on verso, faint tape stains on front and back boards. Cloth mottled, especially on back board, a little edge-worn. A few..... More
New York: J. J. Augustin Publisher, 1945. First edition, first printing. Signed by Andre Kertesz and inscribed to renowned Wall Street trader Gerald M. Loeb and his wife. Bound in publisher's beige cloth with titles stamped in black; lacking the dust jacket. Good. Cloth lightly foxed and stained, toned at..... More
Unknown: Unknown, 1934. First edition. 37 pp. Wraps. Near Fine with slight creasing to bottom corner, slight sunning to spine. Includes author's card laid in with address in NYC. An uncommon pamphlet by the founder of modern public relations. An address originally delivered in London at a private meeting, July..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1925. First Edition, Second Printing, in green cloth binding. Near Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket. Cloth at front board shows a faint crease to top corner, light rippling near gutter. Spine shows light wear on ends, light dulling to gilt. Else fine..... More