John Day Company

John Day Company
StatusDefunct
Founded1926
FounderRichard Walsh
SuccessorThomas Y. Crowell Co.
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City, U.S.
Publication typesBooks

The John Day Company was a New York City-based publishing firm that specialized in illustrated fiction and current affairs books and pamphlets from 1926 to 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]

  1. ^ "Richard Walsh, Publisher, Dead", The New York Times, May 29, 1960.
  2. ^ "PUBLISHING ARCHIVES". September 2003. AMERICAN PUBLISHING HISTORY AT PRINCETON. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  3. ^ Mary T. O. Walsh, 59, Publishing Official