Party A Literary Nightmare Printed in Conjunction with the 1936 New York Times National Book Fair

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1936. First Impression. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [20.5cm/8.25inches], full pictorial covers sans dust jacket, pp. 60. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. The NT Times announced on July 12, 1936: " The first New York TimesNational Book Fair will be held at Rockefeller Center from Nov. 5 to Nov. 19 under the joint auspices of the National Association of Book Publishers and New York Times. The Book Fair is designed to present to the book public an interesting and comprehensive exhibition of what is being achieved both in American letters and in book publishing. ... Special Trains will leave Pennsylvania station every half". ... In 1910, Doubleday, Page & Co. moved its operations, which included a train station, to Garden City. The company purchased much of the land on the east side of Franklin Avenue, and estate homes were built for many of its executives on Fourth Street. Co-founder and Garden City resident Walter Hines Page was named Ambassador to Great Britain in 1916. The founder's son Nelson Doubleday joined the firm in the same year. In 1927, Doubleday, Page merged with the George H. Doran Company, creating Doubleday, Doran, then the largest publishing business in the English-speaking world.