Shelfmark
Kb.4.23
Author
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
The complete works of William Shakespeare / edited with a glossary by W. J. Craig.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1943 (1947 printing).
Physical description
viii, 1164, [2] p. ; 19 cm.
Note
India paper.
Note
"This edition of Shakespeare's Works was first published in 1905, and reprinted in 1905, 1907 [etc]. In 1943 the book was re-set and published in its present form. Reprinted in 1945 and 1947" - t.p. verso.
Note
Publisher's dark blue cloth case binding, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig's annotated copy, with his oval "GC" bookplate dated in ms. "Vence 1950". Annotations in ink and pencil, chiefly on the flyleaves, some dated including note on endpaper dated June 1958 suggesting "3 principal persons at work" in the plays.
Provenance
Inscribed inside front cover: E. M. Gordon Craig.
Provenance
Bookseller's price for "EGC's copy with his annotations" inside front cover.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Copy-specific note
Tipped-in material includes: paper cut to resemble mistletoe tipped inside front cover; press cutting reproducing bust of Colley Cibber by L. F. Roubiliac; extract from Phaidon Press leaflet reproducing Raphael, 'Head of a cardinal' with ms note that the eyes resemble Mina Meo; press cutting with photograph of the Old Vic production of Twelfth night, 1958; press cutting with photograph of cottages in Bibury, Gloucs.
Genre/Form
Plays.
Added entry--name
Cumberlege, Geoffrey publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 former owner.
Added entry--name
Craig, Ellen Gordon, 1904 - 1975 former owner.
Added entry--name
Oxford University Press publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46642