Fifty "Bab" ballads : Much sound and little sense / by W.S. Gilbert with illustrations by the author

Gilbert, W. S. (1836-1911)

1881, 1881 Edition. London : George Routledge and Sons. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Ex-libris with Laura Joseph book plate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; physical desc.: xi, [1], 13-255, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. (tissue guard) ; 20 cm. Subjects: Ballads. Contents: Sections from the first collected editions, "The Bab ballads" Item #179704

Price: €48.00