New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on front endpage - "Will H. Hays from Walter Trumbull". Walter Trumbull was a prominent American explorer and writer. He was a member of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition in 1870 that explored the area of Wyoming that would eventually become Yellowstone National Park and he was the son of United States Senator Lyman Trumbull. Will H. 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. Book is Near Fine, top edge a bit dulled, in a Very Good dustjacket, several edge chips and browned at spine. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Association Copy.

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Bookseller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004460
Title: The Amazing Benjamin Franklin - ASSOCIATION COPY
Author: J. Henry Smythe, Jr
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1929
Bookseller catalogs: U.S. History; Exploration;

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