Shelfmark
Kbb.4.03 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.4.04 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Gordon Craig's book of penny toys.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Book of penny toys
Publication, distribution, etc.
Hackbridge, Surrey : London : Published at the Sign of the Rose ; Sold by Lamley & Co., 1899.
Physical description
[44] leaves : chiefly col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Note
"The verses ... are by E.C., S.D., E.A., J.D., G.C. and O.B."--Leaf [4] (i.e. Edy Craig, S. Downing, Jess Dorynne, Edward Arden, Gordon Craig, and Oliver Bath, the last three being pseudonyms of Edward Gordon Craig).
Note
Privately published in an edition of 500 copies of which 250 were were burned; of the surviving 250 copies, two hundred were coloured, for the mostpart by Jess Dorynne. See E.G. Craig, Woodcuts and some words, 1924, p.22; Edward Anthony [Teddy] Craig, Edward Gordon Craig, Gordon Craig: the story of his life, 1985, p.109-110.
Note
Illustrations: 43 prints : woodcut, hand-col. ; full-page (20) and image 12 x 8 cm. (t.p. vignette), 7 x 12 cm. or smaller. Three small vignettes are uncolored.
Note
Copies exist with the plates uncoloured, or without the plates.
Note
Statement of limitation on lower cover: "Only 550 copies of this hand-coloured edition printed, 500 being for sale. The number of this copy is -".
Note
Publisher's white buckram quarter binding; colour printed pictorial paper boards.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A1(a)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection. Both copies acquired at separate times from Craig's son Edward Anthony Craig [Edward Carrick].
Provenance
[Copy 1] Loosely inserted TLS to Edward A. [Teddy] Craig dated 20 Sep 1974 signed by Martin Drury on National Trust stationery, apparently in response to Craig's request to obtain one of the copies of the book at Smallhythe, replying in the negative.
Provenance
[Copy 2] ECL copy 2 bears an inscription in ink (partially rubbed out and transcribed in pencil) from Edward Gordon Craig "To dear old Edy with love 'The Ted'", dated Christmas 1899, with an inscription in pencil in Edward Anthony Craig's hand and his bookplate.
Binding
[Copy 2] Custom made cloth box by John Craig with leather spine and inlaid woodcut on side.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] ECL copy 1 numbered 167.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] ECL copy 2 numbered 2. This copy is housed in a specially made box and accompanied by a felt covered insert with two original wood blocks and a printed extract from E. A. Craig's biography of his father, and by additional material in hand-made embossed paper folders as follows: 2 coloured woodcuts, one untitled, the other ("Je suis!") dated 1899 and initialled "EGC 1924"; original coloured woodcut "Houp-la!"; autograph notes to Edy on headed stationery of "The page"; order form; ms. leaf of heavy card with proof print of "The pony".
Subject
Toys in art Juvenile literature.
Subject
Wooden toys.
Subject
Toys Pictorial works.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 associated name.
Added entry--name
Lamley & Co. bookseller.
Added entry--place
England Surrey Hackbridge.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46478