Stein and Day

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 Elia Kazan's America America, published in 1962, which was a bestseller and was adapted into a film by Kazan. The success of many of Stein and Day's books was attributable in part to the amount of publicity work that Stein and Day did for each book^[2] Stein worked with Kazan daily for five months on Kazan's first novel The Arrangement, which was #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list for 37 consecutive weeks.

The firm relocated from Manhattan to Briarcliff Manor, New York in 1975,^[3] and published about 100 books a year until the company declared bankruptcy in 1987, selling its backlist in 1988.^[4][5] Stein and Day's demise was the subject of Stein's book .^[6] The New York Times wrote, "He has produced an appalling, Dickensian portrait of the entire system...ought to be read not only by executives facing 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 at its annual convention in Washington, D.C. Columbia University hosts the Stein and Day Archives, which chronicles the firm's 27 years of existence.^[8]

Bibliography[]

• books listed by year of publication
• , Elia Kazan (1962)
• , Robert Abbott (1963) (first publication of the rules for Baroque chess)
• , Bertram Wolfe (1965)
• The Arrangement, Elia Kazan (1967)
• , André Cailleux, translated by Joyce E Clemow (1968) ISBN 0-8128-1349-9
• , (1969) SBN 8128-1226-3
• , John Bagot Glubb (1969)
• Cruising, Gerald Walker (1970) ISBN 0-8128-1323-5 (adapted for the film of the same name in 1980)
• , F. Lee Bailey and Harvey Aronson (1971) ISBN 0-8128-1441-X
• , Nicolette Milnes-Walker (1972) ISBN 0-8128-1467-3
• Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe, Ken Welsh (1972) ISBN 0-8128-1446-0
• , Muriel Segal (1972) ISBN 0-8128-1472-X
• The Descent of Woman, Elaine Morgan (1972) (the first book on the aquatic ape hypothesis)
• The Sovereign State of ITT, Anthony Sampson (1973)
• , Reay Tannahill (1973) ISBN 0-8128-1437-1
• , John Sladek (1973)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Bondage of Opium, Molly Lefebure (1974) ISBN 0-8128-1711-7
• , Brad Darrach (1974) ISBN 0-8128-1618-8
• Hoffa: The Real Story, Oscar Fraley (1975)
• , Florence Farmborough (1975) ISBN 0-8128-1793-1
• the "Sergeant Verity" novels, by Donald Thomas (as Francis Selwyn) (1976-1981)
• The 12th Planet, Zecharia Sitchin (1976)
• , Al Kooper (1977) ISBN 0-8128-2171-8
• , (1977) ISBN 978-0812822021
• , Malachi Martin (1978) ISBN 0-8128-2434-2
• , Andrew Soltis (1978) ISBN 0-8128-6059-4
• Fourteen minutes: The last voyage of the Empress of Ireland. James Croall (1979). ISBN 0812825918 ISBN 978-0812825916
• Answer to History, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Shah of Iran) (translated from the French) (1980) ISBN 0-8128-2755-4
• , Bertram Wolfe (1981) ISBN
• Fantasy Wargaming: The Highest Level of All, Bruce Galloway (1981) ISBN 0-8128-2862-3
• , Thomas C. Reeves (1982)
• The Aquatic Ape, Elaine Morgan (1982)
• Slings and Arrows: Theater in My Life, Robert Lewis (1984) ISBN
• , Robert Sobel (1986) 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[]

External links[]

• Finding aid to the Stein and Day records at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.