Kbb.3.32 (copy 1)
Kbb.3.33 (copy 2)
Kbb.3.34 (copy 3)
Kbb.3.35 (copy 4)
The theatre advancing / by E. Gordon Craig.
London : Constable, 1921.
lxxxvii, [1], 289, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : frontis. ;
First published as: The theatre--advancing. Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1919.
Errata slip inserted.
Colophon: Chiswick Press : Charles Whittingham and Griggs (printers) Ltd.
Frontispiece plate printed in bistre.
Publisher's case binding of tan cloth boards and buff canvas spine; "GC" device in black on upper cover; spine blocked in gilt; black dust-jacket with "GC" device and spine title in silver.
Fletcher & Rood record two binding variants, priority unknown: in one the "GC" device is printed near the upper edge and centred, and in the other the "GC" device is printed near the lower fore-edge.
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A26(f)
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
[Copy 2] Ellen Terry's copy, with her Winchlesea bookplate designed by Craig and her inscription in pencil on title page, with her annotations and marks of emphasis. Inscription of "M. Meo, 25 Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead NW3". Folded-over leaf (pp. xxix-xxx) with pencil annotation: "Turned down by Granny".
[Copy 3] Elena Meo's copy, inscribed to her by Craig: "Mama. from P. T & N [i.e. Teddy and Nelly]. 1921."
[Copy 4] Inscribed on half-title "To Laura with love from [?Keith]", and on front endpaper "November 1960. For Miss Ellen M. G. Craig as a souvenir of our first meeting in Vence, June, 1960. Gratefully, Arnold Rood."
[Copy 1] Binding variant with "GC" device printed near the lower fore-edge. With dust-jacket.
[Copy 2] Binding variant with "GC" device printed near the lower fore-edge. With dust-jacket.
[Copy 3] Binding variant with "GC" device printed near the lower fore-edge. Lacking dust-jacket.
[Copy 4] Binding variant with "GC" device printed near the lower fore-edge. Lacking dust-jacket. Partly unopened.
Theater.
Meo, Elena. former owner.
Terry, Ellen, 1847 - 1928 former owner.
Rood, Arnold former owner.
Craig, Ellen Gordon, 1904 - 1975 former owner.
Constable publisher.
Chiswick Press. printer.
England London.
B46535