The Mask: An Illustrated Quarterly of the Art of the Theatre -- Volume Eleven, Number One January 1925
Florence, Italy: Edward Gordon Craig, 1925. Paperback. [6], 52, [8] p., frontispiece and 2 leaves of plates: illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Orange wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title: The Mask: An Illustrated Quarterly of the Art of the Theatre. Six unpaginated pages of advertisements precede text. Stamp of the North Carolina College for Women on front wrapper. Edward Gordon Craig, son of actress Ellen Terry, was a theater director, critic, and theater designer. He published the first international theater periodical, The Mask, from 1908 to 1929. In addition to anonymous and pseudonymous contributions by Craig, contents include: A New Plan of Roma by Giovan Battista Nolli published in the Year MDCCXLVIII; The Pretty Theatre, part two; Imitation: A Note by Jan Klaassen [Craig] with story by A. Dumas Pere; "The Sackbut" and the Need for Music by Gordon Craig; and book reviews. The final 8 unpaginated pages contain advertisements for theater-related publications. A scarce issue of this important theater publication featuring Giambattista Nolli's Pianta Grande di Roma, known as the Nolli Map. In Fair+ Condition: wrappers are detached but present; edges of wrappers are chipped; lacking 2 x 1 cm. piece of front wrapper along spine; wrappers are lightly soiled; sections are separating, as is typical of this issue because much of the New Plan of Roma is printed on glossy paper; pages and plates are clean and bright. Fair +. Item #002265
Price: $45.00