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Bidding has ended on this item. Item:New York Times National Book Fair Program 1937 |
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On November 5th through the 21st, 1937 the New York Times and American Book Publishers sponsored a spectacular literary event.in which more than 100 authors and 200 exhibitors conducted seminars and demonstrations relating to many aspects of writing, literature and publishing.Some of the speakers were Marguerite de Angeli, Thornton Burgess,Fannie Hurst and Mark Van Doren. Here is a brief review from Time magazine: "On the program in Manhattan were 27 novelists, 18 critics, ten poets, 19 journalists and political commentators, ten scientific writers, three authors of travel books, two biographers, four preachers, six publishers, four authors of garden books, one artist, 28 assorted authors and illustrators of children's books, one humorist, one cabinet member, one university chancellor and one ranee. The ranee was Sylvia, Lady Brooke, whose title is H. H. Ranee of Sarawak—a mountainous little Borneo state which her husband's family has ruled for three generations. Because she is writing a book about Sarawak, has published her memoirs, the ranee could qualify as an author among such full-time professionals as Stuart Chase and Frederick Lewis Allen, such part-time writers as Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Astronomer Harlow Shapley, all of whom attended the Fair. Since no fine horizontal line was drawn to distinguish low from high brow, nor a vertical one to set the boundary between Right and Left, listeners at New York's Book Fair could hear New Masses Editor Joseph Freeman as well as Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, profane, pugnacious Novelist James Farrell as well as amiable, yea-saying Dr. William Lyon Phelps. So many had listened to them at the end of the first week, despite repeated demonstrations that many were far better writers than talkers, that Fair officials guessed the attendance would top last year's total of 85,000 paid admissions by 50%. " I have for sale the 10 page program .It includes a description of the events,an hour by hour program , a list of the exhibitors and a map of exhibit rooms on two floors.The cover illustration , although not signed appears to be by Rockwell Kent. If it was not drawn by Kent it was drawn by someone who was strongly influenced by him..
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