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CRAIG, Edward Henry Gordon (1872-1966). Book of Penny Toys. Hackbridge: at the Sign of the Rose, 1899.
4° (323 x 258mm). Title with woodcut illustration, partly hand-coloured, 20 woodcut plates by the author, all hand-coloured, woodcut illustrations, most hand-coloured. (Hole in margin of text of ‘Dove Cot’, text of ‘The Mill’ with faint white stains.) Original buckram-backed pictorial hand-coloured boards (spine lightly soiled, boards lightly spotted, rear hinge split at bottom of spine).
ONLY EDITION OF A VERY ATTRACTIVE FIN DE SIÈCLE BOOK, number 227 of 500 copies. The son of Ellen Terry, Gordon Craig had been a highly successful young actor before being introduced to woodcutting by the artists James Pryde and William Nicholson. According to Benezit, his Book of Penny Toys ‘is now recognized as a significant landmark in the development of British book design.’ The artist himself made the strange decision to destroy 250 of the 500 copies to avoid the chore of colouring. In fact, he only coloured about 100 of the surviving 250 before passing the remaining sets to Jess Dorynne who completed the colouring for the printer.
4° (323 x 258mm). Title with woodcut illustration, partly hand-coloured, 20 woodcut plates by the author, all hand-coloured, woodcut illustrations, most hand-coloured. (Hole in margin of text of ‘Dove Cot’, text of ‘The Mill’ with faint white stains.) Original buckram-backed pictorial hand-coloured boards (spine lightly soiled, boards lightly spotted, rear hinge split at bottom of spine).
ONLY EDITION OF A VERY ATTRACTIVE FIN DE SIÈCLE BOOK, number 227 of 500 copies. The son of Ellen Terry, Gordon Craig had been a highly successful young actor before being introduced to woodcutting by the artists James Pryde and William Nicholson. According to Benezit, his Book of Penny Toys ‘is now recognized as a significant landmark in the development of British book design.’ The artist himself made the strange decision to destroy 250 of the 500 copies to avoid the chore of colouring. In fact, he only coloured about 100 of the surviving 250 before passing the remaining sets to Jess Dorynne who completed the colouring for the printer.
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