[Rarebooks] FS: Lovely Bayntun Riviere Binding on Gilbert's BAB BALLADS, 1932

[Charles Agvent]

GILBERT, W. S. THE BAB BALLADS WITH WHICH ARE INCLUDED SONGS OF A 
SAVOYARD. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1932. Reprint. Reprint of the 
1904 Sixth Edition beautifully bound by Bayntun Riviere (16mo, 4-3/4" x 
7-1/8"; xii, 564 pages) in full dark brown morocco leather with a 
decorative gilt design of a pair of characters drawn by Gilbert from 
"The Martinet" on the front cover, gilt rules, five raised bands on the 
gilt-lettered and ruled spine, gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers, all 
edges gilt. Includes indexes of first lines and titles. With 350 
illustrations by the author. First collected and published as a book in 
1868, the BAB BALLADS pre-dated Gilbert's collaborations with Sir Arthur 
Sullivan. SONGS OF A SAVOYARD, the lyrics to songs written for the Savoy 
Operas, were first collected and published in book form in 1890. Very 
slight bowing of boards. About Fine. (#020056) $250

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