International standard book number
0953172112 (30 signed and numbered)
International standard book number
0953172104 (400 copies of which 100 are for sale)
Shelfmark
Kaa.3.16
Author
Title
The bookplates of Edward Gordon Craig / John Blatchly.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; Edgbaston, Birmingham : Bookplate Society and Apsley House Press, 1997.
Physical description
vi, 129, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (1 col.) ; 25 cm.
Note
"This book has been printed in an edition of 400, of which 300 are for members of the Bookplate Society. In addition, there are thirty special copies containing three proof plates printed from Gordon Craig's original woodblocks by John Craig, and signed and numbered I to XXX by the author" - Colophon.
Note
Ordinary edition.
Note
Publisher's yellow paperback covers reproducing Gordon Craig woodcut self-portrait in profile on front cover and printed advertisement for his bookplates on back cover.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Copy-specific note
Curatorial annotations in pencil by Michael Meredith.
Subject
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 Catalogs.
Subject
Illustration of books 20th century Great Britain.
Subject
Bookplates, English Catalogs.
Added entry--name
Bookplate Society (Great Britain) publisher.
Added entry--name
Apsley House Press publisher.
Added entry--place
England Edgbaston.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B47112