Shelfmark
Kaa.5.11 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kaa.5.12 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Macbeth : the text of the first folio / edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon ; illustrated from drawings in colour by Gordon Craig.
Publication, distribution, etc.
New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Physical description
[6], 86, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 33 cm.
Note
Volume title.
Note
"The plays of William Shakespeare in thirty-seven volumes"--half title.
Note
Title page, carrying series information, with engraved device in yellow and black; engraved vignette printed above colophon: "The comedies histories & tragedies of William Shakespeare".
Note
"This edition ... was designed by Bruce Rogers and printed at the press of A. Colish, New York ... The edition consists of nineteen hundred and fifty copies, of which this is no. ..."--colophon.
Note
Publisher's decorated paper boards with floral design in pale green and pink; cream buckram spine with volume spine title blocked in gilt.
With note
With: A Shakespeare commentary : Macbeth : for the subscribers to The Limited Editions Club's Shakespeare, [4] p., containing: A note upon the play -- A preface to the play -- A note upon the illustrator.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), C29(a)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Edward Gordon Craig's copy.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Copy no. 1850. Without the commentary bifolium.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Copy no. "G.C.", with embossed stamp: This is one of 15 presentation copies "out of series". With the commentary bifolium loosely inserted. Also loosely inserted are 8 lithographic proofs of the designs, some with Craig's ms. notes criticising the cropping of some of the images in the published work.
Subject
Macbeth, active 11th century - ? King of Scotland
Subject
Subject
Added entry--name
Rogers, Bruce, 1870 - 1957 designer.
Added entry--name
Farjeon, Herbert, 1887 - 1945 editor.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Limited Editions Club. publisher.
Added entry--name
A. Colish printer.
Added entry--place
United States New York.
Identifier
B46584