London: Purcell Operatic Society/Priory Press, Clerkenwell, 1900. First Edition. Small 4to, original dark gray printed wrappers. Scarce original program from this Purcell Operatic Society production, which was a major breakthrough for Craig and marked a substantial innovation in modern theater. For this production, Craig introduced a new method of lighting..... More
Florence: The Mask; Arena Goldoni, March 1908-October-November-December 1929. 87 numbers in 71 vols; 4tos, 8vos; various paginations; original printed wrappers. With additional ephemeral pieces. The complete set in original wrappers of Craig's longest-running and most influential periodical. The Mask was published at irregular intervals over some twenty years. It was..... More
Florence: Arena Goldoni, March 1908 - November/December 1929. The complete run of eighty-seven numbers, bound in sixteen volumes (including the separately bound set of 1911-1915 covers) with all original wrappers preserved. The first three volumes (1908-1911) are 4tos, the rest 8vos. Vols. 1-8 and volume of covers bound in publisher's..... More
Hackbridge, Carshalton, Surrey, England: At the Sign of the Rose, 1899. 8vo, unpag.; original printed wrappers. One of an unknown, though certainly small, number of copies of this special number. The Page was the first of Craig's notably idiosyncratic and adventurous, self-produced periodicals. Issues of it are delicate and very..... More
Hackbridge, Surrey: At the Sign of the Rose, 1900. American edition. 4to, unpag.; original printed wrappers. Limited to 300 numbered (#291) copies for America, of which 288 were for sale; with the imprint "Alfred Bartlett, Publisher, Cornhill, in Boston, U.S.A" on rear wrapper . Includes numerous wood-engraved illustrations by Craig..... More
Hackbridge, Surrey: At the Sign of the Rose, October 1898. Small 4to, unpag. 14 leaves in original printed wrappers, stapled. Edition limited to 140 numbered (#92) copies. Includes four woodcuts: "The Ornamental Confectioner," "George Fish, Architect," "The Hill" and "[Stage. JD] A Bookplate." Fletcher & Rood E1(a). More
1902-1904. Original ink and wash drawing on paper, 7 x 10-7/8 in. mounted to board and window-matted. A half-length profile, with the sitter's garment spreading to fill the lower half of the image and blending into a foreground of flowering a bush. Signed "EGC 1901-1902" and inscribed on the reverse..... More
London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1930. First Edition. Folio; original parchment-backed red cloth, stamped in gilt; t.e.g. One of 105 numbered (#28) copies on hand-made paper signed by Craig in the signed-limited issue. There were an additional 500 copies on mold-made paper. Fletcher & Rood A32(a). More
London: The Chapbook, 1921. Comprises: printed periodical; 1p autograph letter; 2pp manuscript instructions to printer; 3pp rough sketches and notes on cover design; 5pp autograph manuscript of "Foreword" and "Postscript"; 29pp corrected typescript; 5pp mounted printed illustrations of Japanese marionette construction; all housed in a cloth-backed board chemise with ribbon..... More
(1927-1967). 21 original woodcuts mounted in uniform archival window mattes; 9pp typescript on 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 inch leaves, stapled into hand-decorated wrappers; 21 handwritten title captions loosely inserted into hand-decorated wrappers. A unique collection that includes Craig's corrected typescript "Robinson Crusoe," inscribed in 1967 and with hand-painted wrappers by his..... More
London: The Basilisk Press, 1979. original quarter sea blue morocco with sailcloth sides. One of 470 numbered (#127) copies in the standard edition, out of the total edition of 500. With an original woodcut illustration by Edward Gordon Craig bound in at the end. In the publisher's orginal shipping box..... More