Author: (Terry, Ellen). Craig, Edward Gordon.
Title: Ellen Terry and Her Secret Self.
Description: London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. n.d. [1931]. n.d. [1931]. - Octavo, yellow cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a circular vignette stamped in gilt on the front cover. The binding is soiled with some light staining & the spine is faded. xi, [1] leaf & 205 pages with an "Annex", a 29-page pamphlet, laid into a pocket mounted on the rear pastedown. The rear hinge is cracked. Illustrated with a color frontispiece & 7 black-and-white plates with an additional facsimile frontispiece in the Annex. Good.

First edition.

The "Annex", entitled "A Plea For G.B.S.", concerns the relationship between George Bernard Shaw and Ellen Terry and the controversy over the publication of their correspondence after Terry's death. Good .

Keywords: THEATER; ACTRESS; ENGLISH; BRITISH; ELLEN TERRY; MEMOIR; EDWARD GORDON CRAIG; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; ANNEX; PAMPHLET; GEORGE BERNARD SHAW; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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