New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited/Numbered Edition. Slim Octavo. vii (i), 92 pp. With new Introduction. Limited Edition, 1902. This is No. 90 of 100. Owner's ex libris stamp on front paste down; penciled name on ffep. Very light external wear with lightly age-toned bottom and fore- text block, else, Pristine Interior. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9". Brown paper-covered boards with brown-cloth back strip, paper title plate, black lettering to spine, and gilt top text block. "Patience; or, Bunthorne's Bride is a satire by W. S. Gilbert with music by Arthur Sullivan on the aesthetic movement and the soldiers of the 35th Dragoon Guard. The play deals with two rival poets, the grouchy, effeminate and decadent Bunthorne, and the kind and gentle but vain and vapid Grosvenor.".

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008838
Title: Patience; or Bunthorne's Bride
Author: Gilbert, W. S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Limited/Numbered Edition
Publisher: Doubleday, Page and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1902
Size: Slim Octavo
Keywords: Plays - Gilbert and Sullivan
Bookseller catalogs: DRAMA;

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Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...