Favorite heart throbs of famous people by Chapple, Joe Mitchell - 1929

Grosset & Dunlap. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1929. Green cloth covered boards with black titles; edges and covers worn, boards exposed at corners and small tears and fraying at spine ends; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; free front endpaper missing; gutter gap at page 160; pages toning, interior is unmarked; 414 pages.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Green Cloth. Very Good/Good. Slight bumps to corners, orig dealer label (Goodmans, Manchester NH) inside front cover; clean and unmarked. Jacket shows wear/chipping at edges, all titles intact. "Heart Throbs" in this case are poems. The favorite poems, with an explanation, of 179 well-know persons of the 1920s. "...the favorite lines of many men and women who have gained fame and fortune.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green covers. Small rips at top and bottom of backstrip. Previous owner signed endpaper. Inside very clean. Nice copy..

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston: Chapple Publishing Co., Limited, 1929. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - "For my friend General Will H. Hays with sincere personal regards Faithfully, Joe Mitchell Chapple The Attic Boston Xmas 1929". 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. 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… Read More