Author: Edward Gordon Craig
Title: Ellen Terry and Her Secret Self
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the life of English actress Dame Alice Ellen Terry. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A detailed exploration of the life and works of Dame Alice Ellen Terry, a leading English actress of the late nineteenth and early twentietth centuries. With an annex entitled 'A Plea for G.B.S.' on the publication of the correspondence of Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw, an on Mr. Shaw's preface to that publication. Written by her son, Edward Henry Gordon Craig, an English modernist theatre practitioner who worked as an actor, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings. Dated from the British Library. In the original yellow cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with small marks to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head of the spine and joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and age toning to the extremities. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Terry Secret Self Craig Secret Not Stated
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Title: Ellen Terry and Her Secret Self
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the life of English actress Dame Alice Ellen Terry. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A detailed exploration of the life and works of Dame Alice Ellen Terry, a leading English actress of the late nineteenth and early twentietth centuries. With an annex entitled 'A Plea for G.B.S.' on the publication of the correspondence of Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw, an on Mr. Shaw's preface to that publication. Written by her son, Edward Henry Gordon Craig, an English modernist theatre practitioner who worked as an actor, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings. Dated from the British Library. In the original yellow cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with small marks to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head of the spine and joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and age toning to the extremities. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Terry Secret Self Craig Secret Not Stated
Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 932T42
- Book number: 932T42
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