Apr 19, 2007 - Sale 2110

Sale 2110 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 796
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
CRAIG, EDWARD GORDON. The Marionnette. Volume 1, numbers 1-12. Frontispiece to each issue, plates and illustrations. Small 8vo, publisher's 1/2 vellum over orange boards, spine titled "The Marionnette: A Performance for Fools / Volume One 1918," some rubbing to extremities, spine toned, tear to board along junction of vellum on rear cover; contents browned and brittle. Florence: Tipografia Giuntina, 1918[-19]

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scarce first edition in book form of Craig's third periodical. Originally published in wrappers, this was issued the same year with a volume title-page ("The Marionnette To-Night at 12-30") and table of contents. Craig's articles range widely within the topic of marionnettes including histories, performance descriptions, and full reprints of plays. Fletcher and Rood E3(b); A.B.I. Books, special Craig catalogue item 81, Santa Barbara, July 1983.