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Peacock Alley; the Romance of the Waldorf-Astoria
by McCarthy, James Remington (Will H. Hays Personal Copy)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. Will Hays personal copy, with postcard laid in that is addressed to "Will H. Hays Esq., The Waldorf- New York 17- New York" and postmarked May 18, 1948. Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later simply "The Code"), which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Book is Very Good, lacking the dustjacket., spine lettering dulled yet still legible, cloth at spine 3 small white spots. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004597
- Title
- Peacock Alley; the Romance of the Waldorf-Astoria
- Author
- McCarthy, James Remington (Will H. Hays Personal Copy)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
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- U.S. History;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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