Florence, AL: SBN Books, [2002]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue leatherette with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 124pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To Bob -- / For your collection. / Jim Blasingame. "Bob" is Robert Malott (1926-2018..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1986]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 243pp. Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this visionary finance figure's first book, "a volume of beautifully crafted essays, which examine the impulses, events, and interests that have shaped a first-class mind."..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1986]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 243pp. Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this visionary finance figure's first book, "a volume of beautifully crafted essays, which examine the impulses, events, and interests that have shaped a first-class mind."..... More
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, [2006]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxviii, 243pp. Tables. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this urge to educational reform by the educator who served as founding president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, boldly inscribed and signed..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [1992]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. xxi, 247pp. Fine/fine. Superb first edition by the president and CEO of bedding giant Sealy (1924-2016), boldly inscribed and signed by him in black fineline on half-title page..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1992]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with silver lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 307pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this political thriller penned by the then-current U.S. Second lady (1989-93), wife of 44th Vice President Dan Quayle, and her sister --..... More
Muncie, IN: Bureau of Business Research, College of Business, [1986]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue leatherette with silver lettering, dust jacket. v, 184pp. Illustrations, tables. Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of the fourth title in the "Ball State University Business History Series," boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with copper lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 272pp. Fine/fine. Superbly bright and tight first edition, nicely inscribed and signed by Ornstein in black ballpoint on half-title page: "9/27/06 / To Bob Malott -- / Great..... More
New York: The College Board, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Ivory cloth with green spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 121pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition, handsomely inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline on front flyleaf: "Robert Malott / Thanks for what you do / for KU, Bob. /..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta and black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xii, 289pp. Map, tables. Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline on front flyleaf: "For the Malotts / with all best wishes /..... More
Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, [2008]. Hardcover. 8vo. Ivory and terra cotta paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 204pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline on front flyleaf: "To Bob Malott / A wonderful friend over / many..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 544pp. Near fine/near fine. Offsetting to half-title page from laid-in newsprint review of this title. Handsome and tight second printing of this bestselling sequel by the prophetic businessman and futurist whose 1970..... More
New York: Basic Books, [2010]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and blue paper over boards with silver spine lettering, dust jacket. xv, 174pp. Fine/fine. Bright and tight first edition, with American Enterprise Institute (of which Brooks was president) bookplate on front flyleaf boldly inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [1978]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt and silver spine lettering, dust jacket. xix, 348pp. Tables, figures. Fine/fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this study from the political scientist and academic who specialized in Latin America (1936-2017), boldly inscribed and signed by him in..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, [2008]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 213pp. Fine/fine. Perfectly pristine first edition, inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline on half-title page: "For Robert Malott, / With thanks for..... More
Princeton: Bloomberg Press, [1998]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 350pp. Fine/fine. Superb, pristine first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author (1950-2016) in black ballpoint on title page: "To: Bob Malott / Great Accumulations / Brian H Breuel." Robert Malott..... More
Columbus: L.B.C. [Lutheran Book Concern], 1917. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth spine and pictorial paper over boards. 63pp, 62pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Near fine. A tight and quite nice copy of this two-part children's tale, entirely in German, whose front board title is "Waldemars Kinderjahre" (Waldemar's Childhood). First and second part..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth spine with large color pictorial plate to front board. (26pp). Numerous illustrations (some color and full page). Very good. Mild edgewear. Tight and attractive copy of this bibliographically cryptic poetry gathering, entirely in German, by the popular German author (1877-1958). Titles translates "In..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (12pp). Numerous full-page illustrations (some color). Very good.Mild wear to outer wrappers and several small, neat archival mends. Attractive, if annoying bibliographically cryptic, children's verse entirely in German showing all the things that youngster Hans can do: Baking, tinsmithing, cobbling, seamstressing, dog..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. 4to. Heavy stock color pictorial wrappers. (12pp, heavy stock). Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Minor wear to outer wrappers (only). Bibliographically cryptic production, entirely in German, of this children's poem that illustrates fun things for bored kids to do. Undated, but circa early 29th century..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 288pp. Illustrations, 4 maps. Near fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership impress on half-title page and last text page. Superbly tight and bright first printing of the revised edition. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 212pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. Superbly bright, tight and fresh first edition. More
New York: Viking Press, [1993]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Lavender paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxx, 322pp. Illustrations (many color). Near fine/near fine. Underlinings on single preface leaf; circular blind-embossed ownership impress on half-title page. Just a book club edition, but tight and handsome. More
Köln: Verlagsanstalt Benziger & Co., [1944]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 149pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Spine and extremities a bit sunned; ownership signature on title page and 1949 gift inscription (in Latin, untranslated) from unknown on front flyleaf. Tight and nice first edition, entirely in..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1968]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 312pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad age toned, with single edge chip at upper left of front panel. Handsome and tight first edition of this survey. More