Conversation so far:
What's the deal with cocktail books?
Albert Stevens Crockett, the hotel's veteran publicist and historian, wrote his first cocktail book "Old Waldorf Bar Days.
When did he write this book?
" in 1931 during Prohibition and the construction of the current hotel on Park Avenue.

Question: Did this book sell well?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Old Waldorf Bar Days sell well?