Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in silver. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with light rubbing, small scuffing, and light edge wear. A lovely and bright copy. More about The Engineering of Consent
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 about The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. Later printing. Signed by Dale Carnegie on the front free end paper. Near Fine with toned pages and a slight cigar smoke odor. In a Very Good dust jacket with several tears along the edges and fraying at the spine ends. More about How to Win Friends and Influence People
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 about Gold Ahead
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 about Gold Ahead
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 about Gold Ahead
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 about The End of Economic Man: A Study of the New Totalitarianism
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 about 100% Money
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 about The Master Key System
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 about The Stock Market Barometer: A Study of Its Forecast Value Based on Charles H. Dow's Theory of the...
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 about The Law of Success
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 about The Law of Success
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 about Think and Grow Rich
Meriden, CT: The Ralston Society, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine. Slight dulling to gilt stamping, slight wear at corners and spine ends. Foxing to textblock edge, pages toned. A very sharp copy of the scarce first printing. More about Think and Grow Rich
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 about Think and Grow Rich!
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 about Charts and Graphs An Introduction to Graphic Methods in the Control and Analysis of Statistics
New York: HarperBusiness, 1911. First edition, second printing. Bound in publisher's blue paper covered boards of cloth spine with silver lettering; in unclipped dust jacket. Very Good with reading creases to page corners; moderate shelf wear to book and jacket. A nice copy. More about Margin of Safety
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 about The Problem of International Propaganda: A New Technique Necessary in Developing Understanding...
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 about The Making of a Stockbroker
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1923. First Edition, early reprint with I on copyright page, but no colophon. Very Good. Light rubbing to cloth, light dulling to gilt stamping on spine. A nice, early printing of Lefevre's fictionalized biography. More about Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First edition. Illustrated, probably by Margaret West and Troy Kinney. 394 p. Gray cloth with gilt and black decoration. Good condition. Clean text. Former owner's name on front paste down. Small mark or notation to foot, stains on back cover, small stain on... More about Sampson Rock of Wall Street: A Novel
New York: Barron's Publishing Co., 1936. Stapled Wraps. 36 pp. Assumed First Edition. In Near Fine condition, with a light crease to the bottom corner, and light signs of age, faint wear. Rare. More about Unorthodox Investment
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First edition, first printing, first issue jacket. 276 p. About Good hardcover in Good+ dust jacket. Text free of marks and plates, etc. Not an ex-library copy! Light wrinkling to bottom of pages, not affecting text. Cloth discolored, paste downs dampstained. Lettering rubbed. Jacket... More about Meeting the Bear Market: How to Prepare for the Coming Bull Market
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1965. First edition. [xii], 365 pp. Original cloth. Very Good with slight lean to spine, former owner's bookplates, impression, and stamp to prelims and margin of last page. In Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with shelf wear. A landmark book in the history of American consumer protection. More about Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First trade edition, first printing; preceded only by the privately printed but truncated Bates edition. Near Fine with slight fading to spine cloth, in a Very Good un-printed Mylar jacket, which is lightly soiled and with a small tear at the base of the... More about Reality in Advertising