Accession number
PML 146076
Creator
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966.
Published
Hackbridge, Surrey : Published at the Sign of the Rose ; London : Sold by Lamley, 1899.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"The verses ... are by E.C., S.D., E.A., J.D., G.C. and O.B."--Leaf [4].
"... twenty full page 'portraits' of old penny toys, accompanied by whimsical verses by Craig's sister Edith and others."--Cf. Ray.
"My book I was forced to print privately. There were five hundred copies ... two hundred fifty of which I burned ... Two hundred I did colour with the aid of one or two of my friends"--Woodcuts and some words / E.G. Craig. London : J.M. Dent, 1924, p. 122.
Illustrated with 43 hand-colored woodcuts by Craig, including 20 full-page cuts, text and full-page cuts printed alternately verso-recto, facing, on one side of leaf only.
"... twenty full page 'portraits' of old penny toys, accompanied by whimsical verses by Craig's sister Edith and others."--Cf. Ray.
"My book I was forced to print privately. There were five hundred copies ... two hundred fifty of which I burned ... Two hundred I did colour with the aid of one or two of my friends"--Woodcuts and some words / E.G. Craig. London : J.M. Dent, 1924, p. 122.
Illustrated with 43 hand-colored woodcuts by Craig, including 20 full-page cuts, text and full-page cuts printed alternately verso-recto, facing, on one side of leaf only.
Description
[44] leaves : col. ill. (woodcut) ; 34 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Haldane MacFall by Gordon Craig; from the libraries of Thomas Balston and Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's illustrated beige boards backed in white buckram, decorated with two additional hand-colored woodcuts.
Classification
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