The Tumble-Bug and Other Tales

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1940. Book. Illus. by Hertha List. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR. First Edition. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1940. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR on 2nd front endpage -"to Will Hays with best regards Paul Leyssac April, 1941". 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. Paul Leyssac was a well-known stage actor who appeared opposite Ethel Barrymore and Marie Tempest and whose recitals of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf were widely popular. Danish-born and French-accented, he was also an accomplished translator of Danish fairy-tale author Hans Christian Andersen. He also appeared in 7 films of the late 1930's and early 40's. A unique Hollywood Association Copy ! Near Fine, minute rubs to tips of cloth, in a Very Good dustjacket, several small chips and closed edge tears. Roman numeral "I" on copyright page indicates a First Edition, First Printing. SCARCE in collectible condition..