Shelfmark
Kb.3.19
Author
Title
Shakespearean historical plays : illustrated by photographs.
Varying form of title
Other title: Shakespeare's historical plays
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Historical plays
Varying form of title
Spine title: King John, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; Glasgow : Collins Clear-type Press, [19--]
Physical description
505, [7] p., [10] leaves of plates : ports. ; 16 cm.
Note
Title page = leaf of plates. Half-title: Shakespeare's historical plays.
Note
"... the text is printed from the 'Globe' edition of 1900 ..."
Note
Publisher's red cloth boards ; armorial device stamped in blind on upper cover ; spine stamped in gilt with the titles of the four plays.
Note
Publisher's advertisements on three leaves at end.
Formatted contents note
Contents: King John. - Richard II. - Richard III. - Henry VIII.
Provenance
Undated inscription on half-title verso in Edward Gordon Craig's hand, noting that he came across the volume while looking for a copy of Walton's Angler and "was thoroughly astonished - I had forgotten that W[indow] & G[rove] ... photographed me as this sick & dying King Ed: IV" facing p. 256, and that the portrait of Henry Irving facing p. 384 is "one of the best photos ever taken of him". Further annotations on some of the plates.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
Half-title inscribed in pencil: Eleanor Getzen-Danner.
Subject
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 former owner.
Added entry--name
Collins' Clear-Type Press publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
Scotland Glasgow.
Identifier
B46697