The hostess, Marion Bell, works at the Corner Bookstore at Madison Avenue and 93d Street, where the party - an annual event - was held.

During these years the business had outgrown the Old Corner Bookstore and Fields, now in charge of the company, was no longer interested in the retail store.

He sold the Old Corner Bookstore on November 12, 1864 and moved the publishing house to 124 Tremont Street.

A block away, the Corner Bookstore's popular Autumn Dog Party enables canines back from summer residences to greet old friends.

Personal service is clearly the strength of independent mainstays like the Corner Bookstore, at Madison Avenue and 93rd Street since 1978.

Fields was reputedly able to ascertain what book a visitor to the Old Corner Bookstore would purchase within 10 minutes of arrival.

She and her husband, Ray Sherman, opened the Corner Bookstore at Madison Avenue and 93rd Street in 1975.

The Corner Bookstore is what every good neighborhood deserves, and it takes an active part in local community life.

After lunch, there would be a journey to the Corner Bookstore to buy "something esoteric."