Search Results: The Bab Ballads by W S Gilbert

Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. Reprinted. 564 pages. Beige dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as inscriptions, mild crinkling and light tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. There is bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.

London: Macmillan - Pocket Classics, 1926 Selection of comic verse by W S Gilbert. Gilt design and lettering to front board and spine. Gilt to top edges. Spine slightly bowed, some spotting to fore edges, bumping and rubbing to spine, corners and edges, otherwise fair copy. Red Leatherette Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by The Author.

Macmillan, 1930. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. vi+190pp, b/w illustrations by the author, spine faded & gilt lettering dulled, a good reading copy. Macmillans Illustrated Pocket Classics series. A Pocket edition of Gilberts absurd verse, written before his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan. William Schwenck Gilbert [ 1836 - 1911 ] librettist & poet.

George Routledge & Sons, nd c 1920. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. 317pp, book a little cocked, otherwise a nice copy. A Pocket edition of Gilberts absurd verse, written before his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan. William Schwenck Gilbert [ 1836 - 1911 ] librettist & poet.

George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1902. This book has hardback covers.Ex-library,With usual stamps and markings,In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy.No dust jacket. 2 inch tear between top of front board and spine. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:

George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1902. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:

George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1899. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. 4to, beige cloth binding, gilt lettering and red illustrations on front cover, gilt lettering on backstrip, gilt top page edge, shelfwear, pages clean, text clear Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:

Macmillan, 1922. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:

Macmillan, 1953. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:

George Routledge and Sons Ltd, 1898. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1898. Third Edition. 563 pages. No dust jacket. Brown and white patterned cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Minor tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards.

Macmillan, 1953-01-01. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 5x0x8. W S Gilbert. Illustrated by the author. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Macmillan, 1937. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

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George Routledge & Sons, nd c 1890. reprint.. Hardback. Illustrated boards, G. 154pp, illustrations by the author, boards rubbed at the edges with a little splitting to the spine, plain endpapers, contents in good condtion. The original boards show coloured characters drawn by Gilbert. Uncommon in original boards.

U.S.A.: Belknap Press, 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. Ex-library copy. literature.

London: Macmillan, 1930. No D/J. The book is in good used condition (with previous owners inscription on front free end-paper) With 350 illustrations by Gillbert.The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique "topsy-turvy" style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert`s cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert's childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations "Bab". Nothing else quite like the Ballads has ever been produced in… Read More

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Har, 4/30/2003 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.9488 9.2402 7.1693.

U.S.A.: Little Leather Library measures approximately 3" X 4" . Green and Bronze leather covers with embossed decoration and lettering. although undated, it was printed by the little leather library corporation, New York, in approximately 1923. "Little Leather Library Redcroft edition" embossed on back cover. Endpages browned, pages slightly yellowed. text clear. 98 pages.. Leatherette Good/No Jacket.

Little Leather Library. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Reading copy only. Cover detached. No date stated. Redcroft edition.

Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Minimal wear, but block sunned covers. . Good. Soft cover. 1980.