Ka.4.19
The sweet lost years / Hebe Elsna.
London : Robert Hale Limited, 1955.
192 p. ; 20 cm.
Fictionalised account of the early life of Ellen Terry.
Publisher's mid blue cloth case binding; gilt spine title; coloured pictorial dust-jacket.
Small "GC" bookplate of Edward Gordon Craig.
The word "lost" crossed out in pencil, with note in ink in Edward Gordon Craig's hand: "Surely this is a tenth rate bit of scribbling - but what kind of a person is - was - this Miss Hebe Elsna? Published 1955".
Loosely inserted "NC" bookplate of Nelly [i.e. Ellen Gordon] Craig.
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Loosely inserted cuttings from periodical publications chiefly containing photographs of Ellen Terry and one captioned "Miss Neilson-Terry", several of them torn; newspaper cutting of the announcement of Ellen Terry's death; reproduction of G. F. Watts's painting 'Choosing' depicting Ellen Terry.
Loosely inserted National Trust postcard of G. F. Watts, 'Choosing'.
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 former owner.
Robert Hale Ltd. publisher.
England London.
B50593