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Craig (Edward Gordon).- Defoe (Daniel) The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, number 24 of 25 specially-bound copies with 10 original prints, from an edition limited to 515, original wood-engravings by Edward Gordon Craig on Japon tipped into aperture mounts, 5 initialled and dated in pencil, illustrations, some tipped in, original pictorial dark blue morocco, gilt, by Tony Miles, t.e.g., with the original cloth-backed drop-front wooden box with metal hooks, 4to, Basilisk Press, 1979.

⁂ Craig had always wanted to illustrate Robinson Crusoe and after the success of the Cranach Press Hamlet he and Count Harry Kessler planned to publish an edition. Although Craig produced many designs and printed several proofs from the woodblocks, he kept changing his mind and the project was never completed, until this publication using some of his original prints. The prints were produced by rubbing the back of the paper with an ivory pen knife, rather than by printing the blocks in a press.

Lot 49

Craig (Edward Gordon).- Defoe (Daniel) The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, one of 25 specially-bound copies with 10 original prints, wood-engravings by Craig, original pictorial morocco, gilt, Basilisk Press, 1979.  

Hammer Price: £1,400

Description

Craig (Edward Gordon).- Defoe (Daniel) The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, number 24 of 25 specially-bound copies with 10 original prints, from an edition limited to 515, original wood-engravings by Edward Gordon Craig on Japon tipped into aperture mounts, 5 initialled and dated in pencil, illustrations, some tipped in, original pictorial dark blue morocco, gilt, by Tony Miles, t.e.g., with the original cloth-backed drop-front wooden box with metal hooks, 4to, Basilisk Press, 1979.

⁂ Craig had always wanted to illustrate Robinson Crusoe and after the success of the Cranach Press Hamlet he and Count Harry Kessler planned to publish an edition. Although Craig produced many designs and printed several proofs from the woodblocks, he kept changing his mind and the project was never completed, until this publication using some of his original prints. The prints were produced by rubbing the back of the paper with an ivory pen knife, rather than by printing the blocks in a press.

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