Stein and Day
| Status | Defunct |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founder | Sol Stein and Patricia Day |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Publication types | Books |
Stein and Day, Inc. was an American publishing company founded by Sol Stein and his wife Patricia Day in 1962.[1] Stein was both the publisher and the editor-in-chief. The firm was based in New York City, and was in business for 27 years, until closing in 1989.
History
Stein and Day's first book was
New York Times Best Seller list
for 37 consecutive weeks.
The firm relocated from
Chapter 11 but by all entrepreneurs and indeed by anyone who fantasizes about running his own company."[7] Stein's book was honored by the American Bankruptcy Institute at its annual convention in Washington. Columbia University holds the Stein and Day Archives, which chronicles the firm's 27 years of existence.[8]
Bibliography
- America America, Elia Kazan (1962)
- Abbott's New Card Games, Robert Abbott (1963) (first publication of the rules for Baroque chess)
- The Koka Shastra, Being the Ratirahasya of Kokkoka, and Other Medieval Indian Writings on Love, translated by Alex Comfort (American edition) (1964)
- Strange Communists I Have Known, Bertram Wolfe (1965)
- The Arrangement, Elia Kazan (1967)
- ISBN 0-8128-1349-9
- THINK: A Biography of the Watsons and IBM, William Rodgers (1969) SBN 8128-1226-3
- A Short History of the Arab Peoples, John Bagot Glubb (1969)
- ISBN 0-8128-1323-5 (adapted for the film of the same namein 1980)
- ISBN 0-8128-1441-X
- ISBN 0-8128-1467-3
- ISBN 0-8128-1446-0
- ISBN 0-8128-1472-X
- Elaine Morgan (1972) (the first book on the aquatic ape hypothesis)
- The Sovereign State of ITT, Anthony Sampson (1973)
- ISBN 0-8128-1437-1
- The New Apocrypha: a Guide to Strange Science and Occult Beliefs, John Sladek (1973)
- ISBN 0-8128-1711-7
- ISBN 0-8128-1618-8
- Hoffa: The Real Story, Oscar Fraley (1975)
- ISBN 0-8128-1793-1
- The "Sergeant Verity" novels, by Donald Thomas (as Francis Selwyn) (1976-1981)
- The 12th Planet, Zecharia Sitchin(1976)
- ISBN 0-8128-2171-8
- Champagne Decorating on A Beer Budget, Doreen Roy (1977) ISBN 978-0812822021
- ISBN 0-8128-2434-2
- ISBN 0-8128-6059-4
- Fourteen Minutes: The Last Voyage of the ISBN 978-0812825916
- ISBN 0-8128-2755-4
- A Life in Two Centuries|A Life in Two Centuries: An Autobiography, Bertram Wolfe (1981)
- ISBN 0-8128-2862-3
- The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy: A Biography, Thomas C. Reeves (1982)
- Elaine Morgan(1982)
- Robert Lewis(1984) ISBN
- ISBN 0-8128-3071-7
Other authors
Stein and Day published works by Leslie Fiedler, David Frost, Jack Higgins, Dylan Thomas, Budd Schulberg, Claude Brown, Bertram Wolfe, Harry Lorayne, Wanda Landowska and Marilyn Monroe, among others.[citation needed] They were the U.S. publishers of J. B. Priestley, Eric Partridge, Maxim Gorky, Che Guevara, L. P. Hartley, and George Bernard Shaw.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Bender, Dean. "A House Built on Bestsellers." Business Magazine Published by the Gannett Westchester Newspapers. 30 September 1979.
- ^ ."The Times Diary." The New York Times. 12 March 1969.
- ^ Wilner, Paul. "Tale of a Publisher's Move to the Country." The New York Times. 11 February 1979.
- ^ "Stein & Day Publishing Files for Bankruptcy". The New York Times. 27 June 1987.
- ^ "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Stein & Day to Shut Down". The New York Times. 29 July 1988.
- ISBN 978-0-87131-589-2.
- ^ Gaeber, Lauren. "News and Noteworthy". The New York Times. 25 March 1955. Retrieved from http://nytimes.com on 13 September 2007.
- ^ "Stein and Day records, 1963-1988".