[Rarebooks] FS: THE FIRST NIGHT GILBERT AND SULLIVAN, price reduced
Charles Agvent
chagvent at ptd.net
Thu Aug 15 13:29:22 EDT 2013
Price reduced: Was $300, Now $175
GILBERT, W. S. and SULLIVAN, Arthur. THE FIRST NIGHT GILBERT AND
SULLIVAN CONTAINING COMPLETE LIBRETTOS OF THE FOURTEEN OPERAS, EXACTLY
AS PRESENTED AT THEIR PREMIERE PERFORMANCES; TOGETHER WITH FACSIMILES OF
THE FIRST-NIGHT PROGRAMMES. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Folio
(8-1/2" x 12") bound in half red velvet with a green cloth spine label
and green linen boards gold-stamped with a conventional Victorian
pattern; 488 pages. Edited, with a Prologue and Copious Descriptive
Particulars, by Reginald Allen; foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Copy
#961 of 1500 with 200 reproductions of contemporary illustrations. Also
with 27 facsimiles, including one printed on red silk, loosely laid into
a gold foil clamshell box which also fits into the slipcase. Issued
unsigned. Fine in a Near Fine gold foil slipcase with typical rubbing.
(#013223) $175.00
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