Shelfmark
Kaa.5.14 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kaa.5.15 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Kaa.5.16 (copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Kaa.5.17 (copy 4)
Author
Title
Index to the story of my days : some memoirs of Edward Gordon Craig 1872-1907.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Hulton Press, 1957.
Physical description
vii, [1], 308 p., [30] p. of plates (on 17 leaves) : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Note
Publisher's primary binding of parchment paper boards decorated in gilt and black with woodcut self-portrait; black buckram spine blocked in gilt; orange endpapers; silk headband; pictorial dust-jacket printed in black and red on beige paper reproducing woodcut self-portrait on upper cover and woodcut portrait of Ellen Terry on lower cover.
Note
The secondary binding is in full cloth with white endpapers and no headband.
Citation/references note
Fletcher, I.K. & Rood, A. Edward Gordon Craig: a bibliography (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1967), A35(a)
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Presentation copy from Edward Gordon Craig to Edward Anthony Craig, inscribed: 'To Teddy the best of all sons, from old man P, 1962'. Bookplate of Edward Carrick [i.e. Teddy Craig]. Some autograph annotations by EGC, and extensive annotations in pencil by EAC; numerous loosely inserted documents including correspondence and autograph notes, press cuttings, corrected specimen pages and proofs of the preliminaries of the book, typed synopsis, and ephemera. A list of the inserted documents is housed with the book.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Booklabel of Stanley Scott, Chard, Somerset.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Bookplate of John and Myfanwy Piper. Loosely inserted ALS from Edward Gordon Craig to John Piper, dated Vence, Hotel Victoria, 14 October 1957, thanking him for a review in the New Statesman.
Provenance
[Copy 4] Loosely inserted postcard from J. Thornton & Son, Oxford to Brian Farrelly, Leighton Buzzard, 15 November 1983, advising that the book is ready for collection.
Binding
All ECL copies are in the primary binding, with dust-jacket.
Binding
[Copy 1] Housed in leather and buckram clamshell box. Dust-jacket partly tinted blue.
Binding
[Copy 4] Dust-jacket enclosed in clear plastic sleeve.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Annotated copy; see provenance note.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Loosely inserted press cuttings, 1964-1987.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] Bookseller's particulars loosely inserted.
Subject
Subject
Actors Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Theater Great Britain History 19th century.
Subject
Set designers Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Theatrical producers and directors Great Britain Biography.
Genre/Form
Autobiographies.
Genre/Form
Authors' presentation copies.
Genre/Form
Annotated copies.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 former owner.
Added entry--name
Carrick, Edward, 1905 - 1998 former owner.
Added entry--name
Piper, John, 1903 - 1992 former owner.
Added entry--name
Piper, Myfanwy former owner.
Added entry--name
Hulton Press publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46586