THE NECESSARY EVIL

NY: Harper& Brothers, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 8vo, purplish, patterned cloth front and spine with gil titles, 111p. Inscribed with a quote from the play) by playwright on the ffe: " " 'I'll make them lsiten to me' p. 89 charles Rann Kennedy February 14, 1924" "No one knows what chance leap may come his way upon the death of (indecipherable). Charles Rann kennedy Febraury 24, 1924" The drama was a one-act stage play for four persons "to be played in the light. Spine slightly faded. Charles Rann Kennedy (18711950), was a playwright and actor who married actress Edith Wynne Matthison. Laid in is cancelled mailing envelope with Kennedy's return address in New Hartford Conn in the upper right corner.