Arlington House Publishers
Arlington House, Inc., (dba as Arlington House Publishers), now-defunct, was an American book publisher of jazz discographies, as well as conservative and anti-communist titles. It was a Delaware corporation from 1964 to 1988 with offices in New Rochelle and New York City and, in 1981, Westport, Connecticut.
| Status | Defunct |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1964 |
| Founder | Neil McCaffrey Jr.[1] |
| Successor | Crown Publishing |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Publication types | books |
History of corporate structure
- In 1968, Computer Applications, Inc. acquired the businesses of Arlington House, Inc., and its affiliated companies, Conservative Book Club, Inc., and Nostalgia Book Club, Inc., all of New Rochelle, for approximately $1.5 million in stock. The acquired firms continued to operate under then current management as part of the direct mail/graphic arts and publishing division of Computer Applications, Inc. (CAI).[2]
- Arlington House was later acquired by Starr Broadcasting, which was sold to Shamrock Broadcasting in 1979. Shamrock sold Arlington House to Crown Publishing in 1981.[3]
Selected books published
Politics, economics, & conservatism
- Brown, Harold O. J. The Reconstruction of the Republic (1977)
- Carrington, Frank G. Neither Cruel nor Unusual: The Case for Capital Punishment (1978)
- Carroll, John Alexander, and Odie B. Faulk. Home of the Brave: A Patriot's Guide to American History (1976)
- Cohen, Bernard Lande. Law Without Order: Capital Punishment and the Liberals (1970)
- Colby, Benjamin. 'T’was a Famous Victory: Deception and Propaganda in War with Germany (1975)
- Davies, Michael. Liturgical Revolution, Part 2: Pope John's Council (1977)
- Edwards, Lee. You Can Make the Difference (1980)
- Farr, Finis. Fair Enough: The Life of Westbrook Pegler (1975)
- Gill, William J. The Ordeal of Otto Otepka (1969)
- Gavin, William F. Street Corner Conservative (1975)
- Gerber, Michele Stenehjem. An American First: John T. Flynn and the America First Committee (1976)
- Hazlitt, Henry. A New Constitution Now (1974)
- Herschensohn, Bruce. The Gods of Antenna (1976)
- Hicken, Victor. The World is Coming to an End!: An Irreverent Look at Modern Doomsayers (1975)
- Holt, Thomas J. Total Investing (1976)
- Huggins, Hal A. Why Raise Ugly Kids?: Fulfill Your Child's Health and Happiness Potential (1981)
- James, Peter N. Soviet Conquest from Space (1974)
- Kubek, Anthony. The Red China Papers: What Americans Deserve to Know About U.S.-Chinese Relations (1975)
- Lambro, Donald. The Conscience of a Young Conservative (1976)
- Lane, Thomas A. The Breakdown of the Old Politics (1974)
- Lee, Albert. Slumlord! The True Story of the Man Who Is Beating America's Biggest Problem (1976)
- Machan, Tibor R. The Pseudo-Science of B.F. Skinner (1974)
- Mencken, H. L., and Theo Lippman, Jr. (ed). A Gang of Pecksniffs: and Other Comments on Newspaper Publishers, Editors and Reporters (1975)
- Molnar, Thomas Steven. Authority and Its Enemies (1976)
- Newman, John Henry, and Charles Frederick Harrold. A Newman Treasury: Selections from the Prose Works (1975)
- North, Gary. None Dare Call It Witchcraft (1976)
- Paris, Alexander Perry. The Coming Credit Collapse: An Update for the 1980s (1980)
- Phillips, Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority (1969)
- Rothbard, Murray Newton, and Leonard P Liggio. A New Land, a New People: The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century (1975)
- Rothbard, Murray Newton, and Leonard P Liggio. Conceived in Liberty (1975)
- Rothbard, Murray Newton. Advance to Revolution, 1760-1775 (1976)
- Schiller, Craig. The (Guilty) Conscience of a Conservative (1978)
- Schlafly, Phyllis, and Chester Charles Ward. Kissinger on the Couch (1975)
- Schultz, Harry D. Panics & Crashes: How You Can Make Money Out of Them (1980)
- Shaman, Robert A. Poison-proof Your Body!: Food, Pollution, and Your Health (1980)
- Taylor, Robert B. Doctor Taylor's Guide to Healthy Skin for All Ages (1974)
- Tuccille, Jerome. Who's Afraid of 1984? (1975)
- Wright, Charlotte. America's Emerging Fascist Economy (1975)
- Fails, Wayne (ed). The Future Under President Reagan (1981)
- von Mises, Ludwig. A Critique of Interventionism: Inquiries Into the Economic Policy and the Economic Ideology of the Present. Translation and introduction by Hans F. Sennholz. (1977)[4]
- Weyl, Nathaniel. Karl Marx: Racist (1979)
- Wheeler, Richard Shaw. Pegans in the Pulpit (1974)
- Whitney, Victor P. How to Beat the Money-Grabbers: The Essentials of Estate Planning (1979)
Arts & entertainment
- Alvin H Marill (1934–2010), Movies made for television: the telefeature and the mini-series, 1964–1979 (1980)
- Bill Libby, They didn't win the Oscars (1980)
- Brian A. L. Rust, Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke: index of song titles; index of artists (1978)
- Brian A. L. Rust, Irving Aaronson to Abe Lyman (1978)
- Brian A. L. Rust, The American Dance Band Discography 1917–1942 (2 vols) (1975)
- Brian A. L. Rust, Jazz records, 1897–1942 (1978)
- David Ragan, Who's Who in Hollywood 1900–1976 (1977)
- Gabe Essoe (né Gabor Attila Essoe; born 1944), The official book of TV lists (1981)
- James Robert Parish, Hollywood’s great love teams (1974)
- James Robert Parish, The Hollywood Beauties (1978)
- James Robert Parish, The RKO Gals (1974)
- James Robert Parish, The tough guys (1976)
- James Robert Parish, Lennard DeCarl, Hollywood players: the forties (1976)
- Jane Dorner, Fashion in the forties & fifties (1975)
- Jeffrey M. Lenburg (born 1956), The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoon Series (reprint by Da Capo Press) (1981)
- John Milton Hagen (né Milton Abel Hagen; 1892–1977) (author); Feg Murray (illustrator), Holly-would! (1974); OCLC 803258386
- Les Adams & Buck Rainey, Shoot-em-ups: the complete reference guide to Westerns of the sound era (1978)
- Michael G. Fitzgerald, Universal pictures: a panoramic history in words, pictures and filmographies (1977)
- Richard Merrill Sudhalter (1938–2008) & Philip R. Evans (né Philip Roland Evans; 1935–1999), Bix: Man & Legend (1975); OCLC 462382956, 1731083
- Roger Davis Kinkle (1916–2000), The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz 1900–1950 (4 vols.) (1974)
- Sheldon Harris, Blues who's who: a biographical dictionary of blues singers (1979)
- Steven Jay Rubin, The James Bond films: a behind the scenes history (1981)
- Ted Sennett (né Theodore Sinitsky; 1928–2006), Warner Brothers Presents: The Most Exciting Years – From The Jazz Singer to White Heat (1971)
- William R. Meyer (1949–1996), The Film Buff's catalog (1979)
References
- "Neil McCaffrey Jr., Book Club Chief, 69" (obituary). The New York Times, December 10, 1994. Archived from the original.
- "Computer Applications Buys Arlington House, Affiliates." Computerworld, Vol. 2, No. 41, October 9, 1968, p. 12. Full issue available.
- "Outlet Books Buys Arlington." The New York Times, January 31, 1982, p. 50. Archived from the original.
- Armentano, D. Review of A Critique of Interventionism by Ludwig von Mises. Reason, May 1978. "...we must greet enthusiastically the recent publishing of six essays written by Ludwig von Mises in the 1920s. Arlington House Publishers and translator Professor Hans Sennholz are to be congratulated for making these essays available to a whole new generation of economists and policymakers who could still profit, apparently, from their insightful analysis."
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