Memories of Fifty Years

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Limited edition. Numbered 225 (of 500 copies). 1889 Hard Cover. xiv, 232 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt, illustrated with portraits and facsimiles. Includes two fold-outs, frontispiece portrait and numerous plates. Autobiography of a prominent American actor and dramatist. Introduction by Laurence Hutton. "John Johnstone Wallack (January 1, 1820, New York City - September 6, 1888, Stamford, Connecticut), was an American actor-manager and son of James William Wallack and Susan Johnstone.[1] He used the stage name John Lester until October 5, 1858, when he first acted under the name Lester Wallack, which he retained the rest of his career.[2]"--Wikipedia