READERS DIGEST CONDENSED BOOKS: WARPATH, THE DAYS WERE TOO SHORT, MARNIE, MRS HARRIS GOES TO NEW YORK, VILLAGE OF STARS HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION 1962

A READERS DIGEST CONDENSED BOOK HARCOVER FIRST EDITION FROM 1962. WITH 5 CONDENSED NOVELS: WARPATH (by Kenneth Roberts), THE DAYS WERE TOO SHORT (by Marcel Pagnol), MARNIE (by Winston Graham), MRS HARRIS GOES TO NEW YORK (by Paul Gallico), VILLAGE OF STARS (by Paul Stanton).
 
CONDITION: MINOR DISCOLORATION OF PAGES. NO DUST JACKET. OVERALL IN TACT AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
READERS DIGEST (1922-2013):
In 1922, De Witt Wallace started the Readers Digest magazine while he was recovering from shrapnel wounds received in World War 1. Wallace had the idea to gather a sampling of favorite articles on many subjects from various monthly magazines, sometimes condensing and rewriting them, and to combine them into one magazine.
Wallace's assessment of what the potential mass-market audience wanted to read led to rapid growth. By 1929, the magazine had 290,000 subscribers and had a gross income of $900,000 a year. The first international edition was published in the United Kingdom in 1938. By the 40th anniversary of Reader's Digest, it had 40 international editions, in 13 languages and Braille.
The monthly magazine's format for several decades consisted of 30 articles per issue (one per day), along with an "It Pays to Increase your Word Power" vocabulary quiz, a page of "Amusing Anecdotes" and "Personal Glimpses", two features of funny stories entitled "Humor in Uniform" and "Life in these United States", and a lengthier article at the end, usually a condensed synopsis of a published book. 
In 1990, the magazine's parent company, The Readers Digest Association (RDA), became a publicly traded corporation. From 2005 through 2010, RDA however reported a net loss each year.
On August 24, 2009, RDA announced it had filed with the US Bankruptcy but arranged  to continue operations. The company emerged from bankruptcy with the lenders exchanging debt for equity.
On February 17, 2013, RDA Holding filed for bankruptcy a second time. The company was purchased for £1 by Mike Luckwell, a venture capitalist and once the biggest shareholder.
 
READERS DIGEST CONDENSED BOOKS (1950-1997):
Reader's Digest Condensed Books was a series of hardcover collections of writings, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine Readers Digest and distributed by direct mail. Most volumes contained five (although a considerable minority consisted of three, four, or six) current best-selling novels and nonfiction books which were condensed specifically for Reader's Digest. The series was published from 1950 until 1997. Frequently featured authors in the original series include Dick Francis (17 titles), Henry Denker (16 titles), Victoria Holt (15 titles) and Mary Higgins Clark (13 titles).
The series was popular; and a 1987 New York Times article estimated annual sales of 10 million copies. Despite this popularity, old copies are notoriously difficult to obtain in good condition.
For much of their publication schedule, the volumes were issued four times each year. Each year the company produced a Volume 1 (winter), Volume 2 (spring), Volume 3 (summer), and Volume 4 (autumn). In later years they added a Volumes 5, and then a Volume 6, going to a bi-monthly schedule by the early 1990s.
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