BACON, FRANK (AFTER THE PLAY OF THE SAME NAME BY WINCHELL SMITH AND FRANK BACON) — Lightnin'

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1920. Early Printing. Hardcover. New ; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book cover has several small bumps to the spine ends and corners. There is some rubbing wrinkling and wear to the spine joints and edges. The front cover has a square pictorial pastedown in mostly clean bright condition. There is some light rubbing to the pictorial pastedown. The text pages are clean and bright. There are three full page black & white photographs from the play. The front endpaper has an inked previous owner's name and date. "Frank Bacon (January 16, 1864 – November 19, 1922) , was an American character actor and playwright who after years of relative obscurity achieved great success as he entered the twilight of his career. The 1918 play Lightnin', which Bacon co-wrote and starred in, set a Broadway record for the day of 1,291 performances and was still going strong on tour after more than 700 shows when Bacon was forced to bow out due to fatigue. His death from a heart attack followed a week later. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .