Index to the Story of My Days: Some Memoirs of Edward Gordon Craig, 1872-1907 by Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966

Viking, 1957. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . 308 pages. Light wear; pages are tanned, some discoloring to the covers; a good book. The dust jacket is chipped, torn and discolored. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 179307. .

New York: Viking, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. In quite good condition./In quite good condition.. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed ebony-backed alabaster-coloured cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 308, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftone plates, &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner and worked as an actor, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings. Craig was the son of actress Dame Ellen Terry. He was also the editor and chief writer for the first international theatre magazine, The Mask. In 1908, Isadora Duncan introduced Craig to Konstantin Stanislavski, the founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, who invited him to direct their famous production of Hamlet with the company, which opened in December 1911. After settling in Italy, Craig created a school of theatrical design with support from Lord… Read More

Paperback. Very Good.

NY: Viking Press, 1957. First American Edition; n308 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; ownr's plate; orange end papers; Craig, son of the stage actress Ellen Terry and the architect Edward William Godwin and lover of Isadora Duncan with whom he fathered a daughter, was a major figure in the British theater. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/W Illus. 8 Vo.

Cambridge University Press, 1981. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1981. Reissued. 307 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor wear marks to spine and panels.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reissue (1981). 307pp. VG clean copy . Very Good. Soft cover. 1981.

Hulton Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 308 Pages. The boards are a bit shelf rubbed, but remain strong. Internally, there is a previous owners signature on the half title page, the remaining pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hulton Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are in a very good condition, besides age related marks. Internally clean, but more age related marks are visible throughout. Foxing can be noticed on the blocks too. The text though is crisp and fully legible. Tightly bound and complete with 308 pages. [B.N.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Viking Press, 1957. cloth. 8vo. cloth. viii, 308 pages, with 31 additional plates. First U.S. edition. Exlibris bookplate on front free endpaper. Lacking the dust jacket. Light toning to edges of the boards. Else a fine copy. This volume constitutes the first instalment of the memoirs upon which C.E.G. had been working on at the time of publication. Assisted by diaries and notebooks which he kept for long periods at a time he writes of his life from his birth in 1872 until the beginning of 1907. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.

London: Hulton Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. wear to tips, edges and corners of book and jacket, few short closed tears, loss from small circular label to front panel. Craig, son of the stage actress Ellen Terry and the architect Edward William Godwin and lover of Isadora Duncan with whom he fathered a daughter, was a major figure in the British theater. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover.