Shelfmark
Kbb.2.12 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kbb.2.13 (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, 1931.
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; cream dust-jacket printed in red.
Note
Publication date from title page verso; reissue of the 1925 edition on slightly larger paper.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A29(c)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Nigel Hawthorne's copy (curatorial note on front flyleaf).
Provenance
[Copy 2] Inscribed on title page: 'This is Brian Farrelly's copy [signed] "Edward Carrick" who is, of course, Edward Craig, 1985". Loosely inserted ALS from Teddy Craig to Farrelly dated Long Crendon, 22 March 1985, thanking him for sending some catalogues. Presented to ECL by Julia Rosenthal, 2013.
Binding
[Copy 2] Dust-jacket enclosed in plastic sleeve; foxed.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Additional bookplates tipped in or loosely inserted: Lady Alex Ridley; "GC" bookplate dated 1898; "R" bookplate; woodcut design for Jan C. De Vos; Winchelsea and grapes bookplates of Ellen Terry; woodcut design for The Page, Hackbridge, Surrey signed and dated 1898.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Three "GC" bookplates of Edward Gordon Craig inserted (but not referred to) in the letter to Brian Farrelly; loose thumbprint bookplate of Edward Carrick; articles on bookplates extracted from the Times Literary Supplement, 4 October 1974 and The Independent, 3 May 2007.
Subject
Wood-engraving.
Subject
Wood-engraving, English 20th century.
Subject
Bookplates.
Subject
Bookplates, English 20th century.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Hawthorne, Nigel former owner.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Chatto & Windus publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46569