[78] pp. Foreword and captions by Rube Goldberg. Illustrated throughout with portraits (four per leaf), mostly from photographs; some drawings by James Montgomery Flagg; each with an interesting/humorous caption below portrait. Photo of the Artists and Writers Club House in the back, which “can be reached by drinking twelve old-fashioned in quick succession and falling over on your face.” 12x9, original dark blue cloth-backed red boards, front cover lettered in silver. First Edition.
Official membership book of artists, actors, writers, producers, etc. of the 1930’s. This copy, owned by William Meade Prince (1893-1951), one of the country's best known book and magazine illustrators, and a member of the Association, bears the signatures and/or inscriptions to Prince by 63 of the 133 members pictured. Prince has signed his name on the front free endpaper and laid in a number of newspaper obituaries of Association members. Those who have signed or inscribed this book include: Grantland Rice, Rube Goldberg, Rex Beach, James Montgomery Flagg, Frank Crowninshield, Herb Roth, Otto Soglow, Innis Brown, Phil Dunning, Alex Morison, Dan Cornwell, McClelland Barclay, and many other well-known writers, artists, actors and producers of the period. NUC and OCLC locate only 3 copies of the second edition (1948); and no copies of this 1935 first edition located. D&J P1360.