International standard book number
0394486986
Shelfmark
Ka.2.01
Author
Title
"Your Isadora": the love story of Isadora Duncan & Gordon Craig / edited, with a connecting text, by Francis Steegmuller.
Edition
1st ed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
New York : Random House & the New York Public Library, 1974.
Physical description
[2], vii, [5], 399, [3] p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., facsims. ; 25 cm.
Note
Reproduces over letters from Isadora Duncan to Edward Gordon Craig acquired by The Dance Collection at the New York Public Library and numerous drafts of Craig's replies.
Note
Publisher's maroon cloth case binding with decorative design blocked in gilt on front cover and gilt spine title; pictorial dust-jacket with photographic portraits on front cover and facsimile letters on back cover.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
Teddy Craig's copy, inscribed by him "My copy" and "Published Sept.26.74" on half-title; with his annotations and marks of emphasis.
Provenance
Loosely inserted: two ALS from the author, one dated Capri, 25-26 Sep. 1974, the other dated New York, 16 Oct. 1974.
Provenance
Loosely inserted: second leaf only of TLS from the bookseller Lee Freeson to ?Edith Craig, wanting the date, regarding the acquisition of the letters by the NYPL and Gordon Craig's desire that they should not be published in his lifetime; TLS from from Freeson to Teddy Craig dated 3 Ocy. 1974.
Provenance
Loosely inserted: news cuttings and photocopies of reviews of the book; news cutting of article in The Sunday Times (11 Aug. 1974) about the relationship of Augustus John and Dorelia McNeill.
Subject
Subject
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Craig, Edward Anthony, 1904 - 1998 former owner.
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Freeson, Lee correspondent.
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Random House publisher.
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United States New York.
Identifier
B50869