Shelfmark
Kbb.3.32 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.3.33 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.3.34 (copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.3.35 (copy 4)
Author
Title
The theatre advancing / by E. Gordon Craig.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Constable, 1921.
Physical description
lxxxvii, [1], 289, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : frontis. ;
Note
First published as: The theatre--advancing. Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1919.
Note
Errata slip inserted.
Note
Colophon: Chiswick Press : Charles Whittingham and Griggs (printers) Ltd.
Note
Frontispiece plate printed in bistre.
Note
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.
Note
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.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A26(f)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[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".
Provenance
[Copy 3] Elena Meo's copy, inscribed to her by Craig: "Mama. from P. T & N [i.e. Teddy and Nelly]. 1921."
Provenance
[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-specific note
[Copy 1] Binding variant with "GC" device printed near the lower fore-edge. With dust-jacket.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Binding variant with "GC" device printed near the lower fore-edge. With dust-jacket.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] Binding variant with "GC" device printed near the lower fore-edge. Lacking dust-jacket.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 4] Binding variant with "GC" device printed near the lower fore-edge. Lacking dust-jacket. Partly unopened.
Subject
Theater.
Added entry--name
Meo, Elena. former owner.
Added entry--name
Terry, Ellen, 1847 - 1928 former owner.
Added entry--name
Rood, Arnold former owner.
Added entry--name
Craig, Ellen Gordon, 1904 - 1975 former owner.
Added entry--name
Constable publisher.
Added entry--name
Chiswick Press. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46535