Shelfmark
Kaa.5.03
Author
Title
Ellen Terry and her secret self / by Edward Gordon Craig.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., [1931]
Physical description
xiii, [3], 205, [5] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.), facsims., ports. ; 25 cm. + annex (29, [3] p., 1 leaf of plates ; 24 cm)
Note
Edition limited to 256 signed and numbered copies, of which 6 had the annex signed and were not for sale.
Note
Includes in pocket at end, in plain paper wrappers: Annex: a plea for G.B.S. : on the publication of the correspondence of Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw, and on Mr. Shaw's preface to that publication.
Note
Deckle edges; plates mounted on grey paper leaves with captions printed on tissue-paper guards.
Note
Publisher's cream cloth binding with overlap on the fore-edges; thick gilt fillet border and circular centre ornament with initials "ET 1931" and bouquet motif on upper cover; gilt spine title with "GC" device.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A34(b)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
Author's presentation copy: "This rare copy one of 6 belongs to Elena Meo Craig - dearest Mama, with my old love. 1931".
Binding
Lacking the slipcase recorded in Fletcher and Rood.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is numbered "one" of the six copies with the signed annex, specially annotated by Craig at Boulogne in 1931, supplying additional names, life dates, and information about the block from which the cover ornament was printed.
Copy-specific note
Two loosely inserted press cuttings dated 1934.
Subject
Subject
Subject
Actors Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Theater Great Britain History 19th century.
Subject
Actresses Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Shakespearean actors and actresses.
Added entry--name
Meo, Elena. former owner.
Added entry--name
Sampson Low, Marston & Company publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46578