Arlington House Publishers

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Arlington House Publishers
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StatusDefunct
Founded1964
FounderNeil McCaffrey Jr. [1]
Defunct1988  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Successor Crown Publishing
Country of origin United States
Publication types books

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.

Contents

History of corporate structure

Selected books published

Politics, economics, & conservatism

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)

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References

  1. "Neil McCaffrey Jr., Book Club Chief, 69" (obituary). The New York Times , December 10, 1994. Archived from the original.
  2. "Computer Applications Buys Arlington House, Affiliates." Computerworld , Vol. 2, No. 41, October 9, 1968, p. 12. Full issue available.
  3. "Outlet Books Buys Arlington." The New York Times , January 31, 1982, p. 50. Archived from the original.
  4. 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."