Shelfmark
Ka.3.26 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ka.3.27 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Ka.3.28 (copy 3)
Author
Title
Isadora Duncan / edited by Paul Magriel.
Publication, distribution, etc.
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1947.
Physical description
vii, [3], 85, [1] p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Note
"First printing."
Note
"The material in this book is made up largely from issues of the periodical, Dance index."
Note
"A Ballet Society book".
Note
Publisher's rust cloth case binding; spine title stamped in yellow; dust-jacket designed by Edgar Bohlman.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Isadora Duncan and basic dance, by John Martin.--Duncan concerts in New York, by Carl Van Vechten.--The new Isadora, by Carl Van Vechten.--Isadora Duncan and the artists, by A. R. Macdougall.--Isadora Duncan: studies for six dance movements, by Gordon Craig.--Appendices: Chronology. Bibliography of Isadora Duncan (p. 73-78) Albums and books of drawings of Isadora Duncan (p. 79).
Provenance
[Copy 2] Edward Anthony Craig's copy, with his annotations in pencil and loosely inserted items as listed in copy notes.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Inscribed in pencil on front pastedown "Wesley Swann"; provenance note possibly in same hand along gutter of facing flyleaf: "Paul Romaine Bookseller, Chicago 28914 January 1954".
Provenance
[Copy 3] Gift of Julia Rosenthal, 2013.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Ownership inscription of Lorraine Traves.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Binding
[Copy 3] Dust-jacket in clear plastic wrapper.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Loosely inserted items: invitation from Charles Spencer Theatre Gallery to gallery exhibitions of "Barry Kay: Designs for Isadora" at Liberty, London, 29 April-16 May 1981 and "Design for dance to mark fifty years of the Royal Ballet" at 82 York Street, Seymour Place, London, 11 May-5 June 1981, addressed to Edward Craig; two news cuttings dated 21 and 29 March 1967 containing review of William Nicholson exhibition at Marlborough Fine Art, and review of Ken Russell's "Isadora"; photocopy of article by Edward Craig about Isadora Duncan's relationship with Edward Gordon Craig published in Daily Telegraph, 6 December 1968.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] Loosely inserted items: 3 newspaper cuttings containing reviews of two books about Isadora Duncan in 1993 and 2002, and review of Kenneth MacMillan ballet at Covent Garden in 2009; loose pages of feature by Roger Manvell with postcard identifying the source as "History makers", no. 5.
Subject
Subject
Modern dance.
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 former owner.
Added entry--name
Henry Holt and Company publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
United States New York.
Identifier
B50830