John Day Company
Status | Defunct |
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Founded | 1926 |
Founder | Richard Walsh |
Successor | Thomas Y. Crowell Co. |
Country of origin | United States |
Publication types | Books |
The John Day Company was a New York publishing firm that specialized in illustrated fiction and current affairs books and pamphlets from 1926-1968. It was founded by Richard J. Walsh in 1926 and named after John Day, the Elizabethan printer. Walsh was the editor and second husband of Pearl S. Buck.[1][2] The John Day Company was sold to the Thomas Y. Crowell Co. in 1974.[3]
Authors
Some of the many authors associated with John Day Publishing.
- Irving Adler
- Peggy Adler
- Pearl S. Buck
- Langston Hughes
- Lin Yutang
- Sidney Hook
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Patrick O'Brian
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Rexford Guy Tugwell
- Stuart Chase
- Albert Einstein
- Joseph Stalin
- Leon Trotsky
- James Burnham
Pamphlet Series
The Great Depression led to a steep decline in book sales in the early 30's, this led to a small revival in pamphlet literature.[4] Between 1932 to 1934 the John Day Company published a pamphlet series. In total, 45 were published. They are as follows:
- Rebecca West, Arnold Bennett Himself [5]
- Stuart Chase, Out of the Depression—and After: A Prophecy [6]
- Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, The New Russian Policy: June 23, 1931 [7]
- Norman Edwin Himes, The Truth about Birth Control: With a Bibliography of Birth Control Literature [8]
- Walter Lippmann, Notes on the Crisis [9]
- Charles Austin Beard, The Myth of Rugged American Individualism [10]
- Rexford Guy Tugwell, Mr. Hoover's Economic Policy [11]
- Herman Hagedorn, The three pharaohs: a dramatic poem [12]
- Marion Hawthorne Hedges, A Strikeless Industry: A Review of the National Council on Industrial Relations for the Electrical Construction Industry [13]
- Gilbert Seldes, Against Revolution [14]
- George Sylvester Counts, Dare the School Build a New Social Order? (Special, 56 pages) [15]
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon, To Have or to Be—Take Your Choice [16]
- Norman Thomas, The Socialist Cure for a Sick Society [17]
- Herbert George Wells, What Should be Done—Now: A Memorandum on the World Situation [18]
- Victor Francis Calverton, For Revolution [19]
- Horace Meyer Kallen, College Prolongs Infancy [20]
- Richard Bartlett Gregg, Gandhiism versus Socialism [21]
- Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, Is There a Case for Foreign Missions? [22]
- Stuart Chase, Technocracy: An Interpretation [23]
- Albert Einstein, The Fight Against War. Edited by Alfred Lief. (Special, 64 pages) [24]
- Arthur Gordon Melvin, Education for a New Era: a Call to Leadership [25]
- John Strachey, Unstable Money [26]
- Ambrose William Benkert and Earl Harding, How to Restore Values: The Quick, Safe Way Out of the Depression [27]
- Everett Ross Clinchy, The Strange Case of Herr Hitler [28]
- Walter Lippmann, A New Social Order [29]
- Elwyn Brooks White, Alice Through the Cellophane [30]
- Osgood Nichols and Comstock Glaser, Work Camps for America [31]
- Louis Morton Hacker, The Farmer is Doomed [32]
- Archibald MacLeish, Frescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's City [33]
- Committee of the Progressive Education Association on Social and Economic Problems, A Call to the Teachers of the Nation [34]
- Henry Hazlitt, Instead of Dictatorship [35]
- Stuart Chase, The Promise of Power [36]
- Matthew Josephson, Nazi Culture: The Brown Darkness Over Germany [37]
- Maurice Finkelstein, The Dilemma of the Supreme Court: Is the N.R.A. Constitutional? [38]
- Leon Trotsky, What Hitler Wants [39]
- Audacity! More Audacity! Always Audacity!, Published in Cooperation with The United Action Campaign Committee [40]
- Harold Rugg and Marvin Krueger, Study Guide to National Recovery: An Introduction to Economic Problems [41]
- Bertram David Wolfe, Marx and America [42]
- Marquis William Childs, Sweden: Where Capitalism is Controlled [43]
- Sir Arthur Salter, Toward a Planned Economy [44]
- Edward Albert Filene, The Consumer's Dollar [45]
- Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Is Suicide Justifiable? [46]
- Mary Catherine Philips and Frederick John Schlink, Discovering Consumers [47]
- James Rorty, Order on the Air! [48]
- Stuart Chase, Move the Goods! [49]
The last page of pamphlet 45 is currently visible on HathiTrust, listing all pamphlets in order.
References
- ↑ Richard Walsh, Publisher, Dead. New York Times. May 29, 1960.
- ↑ "PUBLISHING ARCHIVES". September 2003. AMERICAN PUBLISHING HISTORY AT PRINCETON. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ↑ Mary T. O. Walsh, 59, Publishing Official
- ↑ Bloomfield, Maxwell (2000). Peaceful Revolution: Constitutional Change and American Culture from Progressivism to the New Deal. Harvard University Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780674003040.
- ↑ West, Rebecca (1932). Arnold Bennett Himself. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Chase, Stuart (1932). Out of the Depression--and After: A Prophecy. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Stalin, Josef V. (1932). The New Russian Policy: June 23, 1931. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Himes, Norman (1932). The Truth about Birth Control: With a Bibliography of Birth Control Literature. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Lippmann, Walter (1932). Notes on the Crisis. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Beard, Charles (1932). The Myth of Rugged American Individualism. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Tugwell, Rexford (1932). Mr. Hoover's Economic Policy. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Hagedorn, Herman (1932). The three pharaohs: a dramatic poem. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Hedges, Marion (1932). A Strikeless Industry: A Review of the National Council on Industrial Relations for the Electrical Construction Industry. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Seldes, Gilbert (1932). Against Revolution. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Counts, George (1932). Dare the School Build a New Social Order?. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Van Loon, Hendrik (1932). To Have or to Be--Take Your Choice. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Thomas, Norman (1932). The Socialist Cure for a Sick Society. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Wells, H. G. (1932). What Should be Done -- Now: A Memorandum on the World Situation. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Calverton, Victor (1932). For Revolution. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Kallen, Horace (1932). College Prolongs Infancy. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Gregg, Richard (1932). Gandhiism versus Socialism. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Buck, Pearl (1932). Is There a Case for Foreign Missions?. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Chase, Stuart (1933). Technocracy: An Interpretation. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Einstein, Albert (1933). The Fight Against War. Edited by Alfred Lief. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Melvin, Arthur (1933). Education for a New Era: a Call to Leadership. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Strachey, John (1933). Unstable Money. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Benkert, Ambrose (1933). How to Restore Values: The Quick, Safe Way Out of the Depression. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Clinchy, Everett (1933). The Strange Case of Herr Hitler. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Lippmann, Walter (1933). A New Social Order. New York: John Day.
- ↑ White, Elwyn (1933). Alice Through the Cellophane. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Nichols, Osgood (1933). Work Camps for America. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Hacker, Louis (1933). The Farmer is Doomed. New York: John Day.
- ↑ MacLeish, Archibald (1933). Frescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's City. New York: John Day.
- ↑ A Call to the Teachers of the Nation. New York: John Day. 1933.
- ↑ Hazlitt, Henry (1933). Instead of Dictatorship. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Chase, Stuart (1933). The Promise of Power. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Josephson, Matthew (1933). Nazi Culture: The Brown Darkness Over Germany. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Finkelstein, Maurice (1933). The Dilemma of the Supreme Court: Is the N.R.A. Constitutional?. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Trotsky, Leon (1933). What Hitler Wants. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Audacity! More Audacity! Always Audacity!. New York: John Day. 1933.
- ↑ Rugg, Harold (1933). Study Guide to National Recovery: An Introduction to Economic Problems. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Wolfe, Bertram (1934). Marx and America. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Childs, Marquis (1934). Sweden: Where Capitalism is Controlled. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Salter, Arthur (1934). Toward a Planned Economy. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Filene, Edward (1934). The Consumer's Dollar. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Holmes, John (1934). Is Suicide Justifiable?. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Philips, Mary (1934). Discovering Consumers. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Rorty, James (1934). Order on the Air!. New York: John Day.
- ↑ Chase, Stuart (1934). Move the Goods!. New York: John Day.