Peacock Alley: The Romance of the Waldorf-Astoria ~ 1931

Written by James Remington McCarthy and John Rutherford. First edition. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1931. 213 pages. Binding is black gilt cloth hardcover.

From the Foreword: "This book does not pretend to be a history of New York hotels nor does it presume to chronicle the metropolis's social development. The attempt has been to present a human and romantic story of a famous tradition that happened to be a hotel--of which 'Harper's Bazaar' in 1896 said: "It is the fashion of New York, the Mecca of visitors from many nations, for nowhere in the world, with the possible exception of Shepheard's in Cairo, has any hotel come to play so important a part in the social life of a great city."

Very clean, tight and unwritten copy of this great read!