Being the complete text of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas as originally produced in the years 1875-1896. Pp. [vi]+698, title page vignette, title printed in red; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed (mainly on reverse), edges a trifle..... More
Containing complete librettos of the fourteen operas, exactly as presented at their premiere performances; Together with facsimiles of the first-night programmes. Edited, with a Prologue and copious descriptive particulars, by Reginald Allen; and with a foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Illustrated with contemporary drawings. Pp. xxii+466(last blank), numerous text illustrations..... More
With 10 colour plates and over 400 illustrations in the text. Pp. xiv+444(last blank), coloured frontispiece and 9 plates, numerous black & white illustrations (some full page), index; cr. 4to; maroon cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; top edges maroon; price-clipped dust wrapper..... More