Shelfmark
Krr.1.03
Additional shelfmark
Krr.1.04(01) (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Krr.1.07(01) (copy 3)
Author
Title
The book of Martin Harvey : with the true story of "The only way" and other matters / foreword by R.B. Cunninghame Graham ; compiled and edited by R.N.G.-A.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Henry Walker, [1930]
Physical description
xvi, 176 p., [73] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., facsim. ; 26 cm.
Note
R.N.G.-A. = R. N. Green-Armytage.
Note
"Miscellany of portraits and papers from the repertoire of an outstanding English actor"--Editor's note, p. vii.
Note
"The only way" is adapted from: A tale of two cities / Charles Dickens.
Note
Publisher's case binding in ivory buckram ; signature of Martin-Harvey blocked in gilt on front cover ; title and publisher blocked in gilt on spine ; brown paper dust-jacket with printed sketch of Martin-Harvey in role of Sidney Carton and orange paper wraparound for 'autograph copy bound ivory buckram, price 2 guineas'.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Inscribed by Martin-Harvey to the editor, R.N. Green-Armytage 'without whose encouragement & infinite care & patience this "Book" would never have appeared: with warmest affection & gratitude', dated Sept. 1930. Bookplate of R.N. Green-Armytage.
Provenance
[Copy 2] The editor R. N. Green-Armytage's copy, specially made up and cased 'for Editor's use only', with his bookplate and autograph inscription dated Bath, 1930.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Front endpaper of composite volume inscribed: R.N. Green-Armitage, Royal Societies Club, 1931.
Binding
[Copy 2] Specially cased for the editor in tan linen with printed paper title label on front cover and ms. spine label.
Binding
[Copy 3] 20th century case of tan paper boards with brown cloth spine and black leeather spine label; pockets to hold ephemera inside both covers.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Extra-illustrated on endpapers with photographs and postcards of Martin-Harvey and Nina da Silva [Lady Martin-Harvey] including inscribed photograph in feather head-dress as 'Ta-Decasze - "Red Feather", 1924' ; press notices dated 1930 and portrait of Martin-Harvey sent as a postcard to Green-Armytage from Canada in 1924 in an envelope attached to end fore-edge flap of dust-jacket. -- 2 loosely inserted portrait photographs of Martin-Harvey by Capstack, Blackpool (rehoused separately in acid free envelope) ; loosely inserted souvenir of Sir John and Lady Martin-Harvey (Nina da Silva)'s Farewell, undated: [4] p. : ill. ; 26 cm, stapled in ivory card covers with coloured reproduction of picture by Charles Buchel on front cover (rehoused separately in acid-free envelope).
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Editor's specially made up copy with the plates all grouped at the end, and extra-illustrated with the early portraits 'omitted from the book as published to save expense'. Extensively extra-illustrated with additional photographs; press cuttings mostly ca. 1930; press reviews of the book; typed copies and printed extracts of related materials; and programmes and ephemera relating to productions of plays, many annotated by Green-Armytage. Also tipped-in and separately catalogued as shelfmark Krr.2.04(02) is a copy of: Character and the actor : a lecture delivered before the Ethological Society by J. Martin Harvey, 1908.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] Extract of pp. [1]-42 only (omitting the plates), i.e. Martin-Harvey's 'Apology for "The only way"' and 'Some reflections on Hamlet', forming the first item in a composite volume with ms. title 'Text &c &c &c of "The only way"'. Bound with ECL MS 335, MS 336 and printed souvenir of the first production of The only way, 1899. Extensive ephemera loosely inserted or pasted in volume, including programmes, souvenirs, photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and printed items .
Subject
Subject
Subject
Stage adaptations.
Subject
Theater Great Britain History.
Subject
Theatrical managers Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Actors Great Britain Correspondence.
Subject
Actors Great Britain Anecdotes.
Subject
Actors Great Britain Biography.
Added entry--name
Martin-Harvey, John, 1863 - 1944 Sir. Farewell.
Added entry--name
Green-Armytage, R. N. (Robert N.), ? - 1966 Robert N. editor.
Added entry--name
Green-Armytage, R. N. (Robert N.), ? - 1966 Robert N. former owner.
Added entry--name
Henry Walker publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46248