Shelfmark
Kaa.4.03 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kaa.4.04 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Kaa.4.05 (copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Kaa.4.06 (copy 4)
Author
Title
Gordon Craig and the theatre : a record and an interpretation / by Enid Rose.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., [1931]
Physical description
ix, [1], 250 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.
Note
Publisher's black cloth case binding with spine blocked in gilt.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Edward Anthony Craig's copy, annotated by him throughout.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Inscription of A.E. Lavers; press cuttings of 7 Edward Gordon Craig designs and 4 portraits laid down on endpapers.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Interleaved copy, specially bound, extra-illustrated and extensively annotated by Edward Gordon Craig for presentation to his son Bobby [Robin] in 1938, containing 18 portraits and reproductions of designs for the theatre and letters, 3 line or woodcuts inscribed by Craig, general comments on the book, remarks, corrections and lengthy notes, and 8 pasted-in samples of 18th- and 19th-century Italian decorated papers. Given to ECL by Julia Rosenthal.
Provenance
[Copy 4] Ellen Gordon Craig [Nelly]'s copy, with the bookplate designed for her by Edward Gordon Craig.
Binding
[Copy 3] Interleaved and rebound in 20th century tan paper boards (see provenance note).
Binding
[Copy 4] Rebound in 20th century half vellum; dark blue paper boards; bound by Merlo, Genova, 1935 (ms. note on endpaper).
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Loosely inserted publicity flyer for the book (incomplete); review of the book by Raymond Mortimer extracted from The new statesman and nation, 3 Oct. 1931.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Loosely inserted; report by E. C. Jeans of an interview with Gordon Craig, extracted from the Daily telegraph, 18 Dec. 1930; article by Ian Stewart, 'A thousand and one scenes: Gordon Craig and the theatre' extracted from Country life, 10 Feb. 1972.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] Loosely inserted: typescript description of the copy ("Sotheby 1-5-72"); transcriptions of some of Gordon Craig's annotations; two newspaper cuttings on Helen Craig extracted from the Bucks Herald, ca. 2000.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 4] Loosely inserted: Italian newspaper cutting with photograph of the participants at the Convegno Volta in 1934, including Craig; portrait of Craig in his garden in Genoa, extracted from unidentified work.
Subject
Subject
Set designers Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Theatrical producers and directors Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Actors Great Britain Biography.
Subject
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 former owner.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 inscriber.
Added entry--name
Craig, Robin former owner.
Added entry--name
Craig, Ellen Gordon, 1904 - 1975 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sampson Low, Marston & Company publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46975