Shelfmark
Kbb.2.10 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.2.11 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Nothing or the bookplate / by Edward Gordon Craig ; with a handlist by E. Carrick.
Varying form of title
Other title: Nothing
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Chatto & Windus, 1925. (Plaistow : Curwen Press)
Physical description
[8], 26, [2] p., 25 [i.e. 26] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Note
Cover and spine title: Nothing.
Note
The plates are numbered 1-12, 12A, 13-25.
Note
Publisher's light grey paper boards; red cloth spine; cover title "Nothing" printed in red and "GC" device printed in black on upper cover.
Note
First published in a limited edition of 280 numbered copies, with additional plates, in 1924.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A29(b)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Copy annotated by Craig with additional details of some of the bookplates, and with additional bookplates pasted in or loosely inserted, some printed on Japanese paper and some in reproduction. Additional annotations by Teddy Craig giving the prices charged by his father for bookplates.
Binding
[Copy 1] Housed in tan leather and buckram box.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Numerous insertions, including:
(a) Woodcuts: loose woodcut by Craig dated 1926 and inscribed to his wife Elena in 1929; additional bookplates including designs for Ellen Terry, W. Gabel, Rolanda Davida Hirst, Edy Craig, Margaret Tollemache; proof of plate for G.W. Plank; proof of bookplate for E.R.";
(b) Correspondence: undated autograph note from Craig to his son Teddy concerning his alterations to a bookplate designed for Armstrong College, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and accompanying TLS to Mr [Teddy] Craig from Professor C. G. Isaac on the university's headed notepaper dated 20 October 1969 offering to send a pull of a large block done by EGC which was not used as a bookplate; TLS from J.J. Waddington on stationery of J.J. Waddington, Ltd., Croydon, 18 March 1905 to Craig at Siegmundshof 11, Berlin, regarding Miss Milman's bookplate and others; ALS from Edmund Meyer, bookseller in Berlin, to EGC, 5 April 1905, regarding a letter from Magnus concerning EGC's account, with Meyer's advertisement card including device designed by Craig; photocopy of undated letter from EGC to unknown recipient concerning the actress Cara Brown Potter; ALS from Henry James to Ellen Terry, 20 November 1900 concerning bookplate made for him by Craig (fig. 20); ALS from Lewis Buddy III of Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, undated, enclosing payment for bookplates; ALS from [name unread] of Ringnér & Enewalds, Göteborg, Sweden dated 20 September 1906 thanking Craig for a book and enquiring about the cost for a bookplate;
(c) Sketches: sketches of designs on leaves torn from an Italian pocket diary; sketch of a plate by William Nicholson for EGC, 1894;
(d) Miscellaneous: postage stamps and other devices pasted in or loosely inserted; Hoepli's prospectus of J. Gelli, Les ex libris italiens.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Unannotated copy.
Subject
Wood-engraving.
Subject
Wood-engraving, English 20th century.
Subject
Bookplates.
Subject
Bookplates, English 20th century.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 annotator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 associated name.
Added entry--name
James, Henry, 1843 - 1916 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Terry, Ellen, 1847 - 1928 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Chatto & Windus publisher.
Added entry--name
Curwen Press printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Plaistow.
Identifier
B46568