Black Sheep Books
Five and Ten Press
3814 Livingston Street N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20015-2803
(202) 244-9163
Copyright © 2007 by Robert V. Keeley
In November 1995 I founded the Five and Ten Press for the
purpose of publishing articles, essays, novellas, stories, or other
literary works that were suitable for printing in booklets or
pamphlets--anything short of book-length--that were being either
rejected or ignored by the media and mainstream publishers, and
that could be printed inexpensively by photo-offset processes using
camera-ready text prepared on a computer.
There were to be no restrictions as to genre: historical, personal, polemical,
humorous, serious, fictional, or factual, and a category I
particularly like--factual fiction. I was eager to find other
writers who were interested in self-publishing their own work in
the same manner, using my new press as the vehicle. Thus far five
such like-minded enthusiasts have appeared on the scene. Prior to
that I had to resort to publishing my own material.
The name of the Press derived from my intention to price the
products in the range of five to ten dollars per copy, just enough
to cover expenses if I could sell around 300 copies of each work.
These were to be limited editions of 400 to 600 copies, with a
portion of them numbered and signed by the author. In 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001, the Press published nine booklets of my own
authorship, and six by other authors.
Brief descriptions of the contents are given in the pages that follow.
With its fourth publication the Five and Ten Press instituted
a subscription service, by which subscribers pay $25 in advance to
receive the next $25 worth of publications. The subscription has no
time limit, but remains valid until $25 worth of booklets have been
received. God willing, subscribers will receive three, four, or
perhaps five publications. There are never any annoying "postage
and handling" charges. These are absorbed by the Press, which mails
all publications first class to ensure they reach the addressee.
There are currently more than 200 subscribers. If you would like to join
this elite group of aficionados, gamblers, and gluttons for
punishment, many of whom are understandably indulgent friends and
acquaintances of mine, please use the enclosed order form and mail
it with your check for $25 to the Five and Ten Press Inc. at
3814 Livingston Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. , 20015-2803. Please enter
your mailing address at the top of the form.
As a "signing bonus" for joining the ranks of subscribers, you
will also receive as a free gift any one of the publications
listed on the order form. These gifts will, among other things,
help reduce the Press's inventory of unsold publications.
The order form also offers you the option of buying any of the
Press's publications that interest you, in addition to or instead
of becoming a subscriber.
These limited edition publications are known as Black Sheep
Books, in keeping with the publisher's current profession of
"consulting iconoclast."
Robert V. Keeley
Publisher and
Circulation Manager
{ INTRODUCTION }
{ PUBLICATIONS OF THE FIVE AND TEN PRESS 1995-2005 }
{ ORDER FORM }
{ROBERT KEELEY'S BIOGRAPHICAL DATA}
{D.C. GOVERNANCE: IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A MATTER OF RACE AND MONEY}
{ANNALS OF INVESTING
STEVE FORBES VS. WARREN BUFFETT }
{ THE FILE: A PRINCETON MEMOIR }
{ESSAYS FAST AND LOOSE: A CHRISTMAS MISCELLANY }
{LETTERS MOSTLY UNPUBLISHED}
{ INNOCENTS OF THE LATTER DAY: MODERN AMERICANS ABROAD }
{ ESSAYS COLD AND HOT: A NEW YEAR"S POTPOURRI}
{ MSS REVISTED }
{ THREE SEA STORIES }
{CREATURES OF THE EARTH AND THE MIND}
{MY COMMUTE}
{MY COMMUTE}
{SIC TRANSIT}
{THE GREAT PHELSUMA CAPER - A DIPLOMATIC MEMOIR}
{THE PORT OF MISSING MEN - A NOVEL}
{ POETRY MOSTLY OFF THE BEATEN TRACK }
{ PARTING THE CURTAIN }
{ ESSAYS NEAR AND FAR: AS A NEW CENTURY DAWNS }
{ RANDOM THOUGHTS, ANECDOTES, AND MEMORIES OF A BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE THAT IS NO MORE }
{ FROM THE HEARTLAND }
{ ONE OF THE VERY BEST MEN }
{ A STORY GOES WITH IT }
{ LOW CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS IN HIGH PLACES: John Mitchell and Watergate. }
{ THE WORLD ACCORDING TO WHITBECK. }
{ AN AMERICAN SOLDIER IN WORLD WAR I. }
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