Francis Wilson's Life of Himself
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. Octavo, dark green cloth with embossed illustration on front cover, xi, 464 pp., frontispiece, 48 plates. Gilt spine lettering faded, rubbed at spine ends, otherwise a near-fine copy in worn dust-jacket (small tears on dust-jacket) First edition with letter from the author laid in. An account of American actor Francis Wilson's life (February 7, 1854 – October 7, 1935). He became president of Actor's Equity, an American labour union established in 1913 and which aimed to protect and represent actors who worked in the live theatrical performance industry. Item #3762
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