Shelfmark
Kc.5.02
Additional shelfmark
Kc.5.03 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Tales for Philip and Peter / by E. Harcourt Williams ; illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : "The Green Sheaf," 3 Park Mansions Arcade, Knightsbridge, S.W., 1905.
Physical description
103, [5] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Note
With half-title.
Note
Colophon: Hand-coloured by "The Green Sheaf" and printed for them by Messrs. Farncombe & Son.
Note
Preliminary and final blank leaves.
Note
List of books published by "The Green Sheaf" inside lower cover.
Note
Publisher's hand-coloured printed buff paper covers.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] From the books of Edward Gordon Craig's children; possibly his sons Philip and Peter, his third and fourth children by his first wife, May (née Gibson). Inscribed on preliminary leaf: "With best love to the boys from Billie-the-ghost" [i.e. Harcourt Williams]. Loosely inserted slip with inscription in biro "Could it be Phillip & Peter Craig's sons?". The actor Ernest George Harcourt Williams joined Ellen Terry's company in 1903; Pamela Colman Smith [a.k.a. 'Pixie'] was a friend of Ellen Terry.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Inscribed on half-title: To Olive, [initials unread].
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Uncoloured copy with 'Hand-coloured by' obliterated in the colophon and the title struck through in the publisher's list.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Hand-coloured copy.
Added entry--name
Smith, Pamela Colman illustrator.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 former owner.
Added entry--name
Williams, Harcourt, 1880 - 1957 associated name.
Added entry--name
Green Sheaf publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46396