Frontispiece accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. By the producer of King Kong, Merian C. Cooper. During his military career, Cooper was taken prisoner after being shot down. From Wikipedia this quote: "During his time as a POW, Cooper wrote an autobiography: Things Men Die For by "C". He turned the manuscript over to Dagmar Matson to type for publisher submission. It was submitted to G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York (the Knickerbocker Press) in 1927 and published that same year. Just after the book's release, he changed his mind about releasing the personal details about "Nina" and asked Dagmar to buy up every copy she could find. She managed to acquire most of the 5,000 copies that had been released. Cooper kept a copy and Dagmar kept a copy, while the rest were eventually destroyed. Dagmar sent Nina money every month, on behalf of Cooper, until his death. From Bookseller. Reader's quarry.

Things men die for.--Book hunger.--Seven Christmases.--Three more Christmases.--Women.--With his back against the wall.--Silly things-women.--And they were kings.