The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan : containing complete librettos of the fourteen operas, exactly as presented at their premiere performances, together with facsims. of the first-night programmes / edited, with a prologue and copious descriptive particulars, by Reginald Allen; and a foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Illustrated with contemporary drawings.

Record ID: 
66939
Accession number: 
GSC 100577
Creator: 
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Title: 
The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan : containing complete librettos of the fourteen operas, exactly as presented at their premiere performances, together with facsims. of the first-night programmes / edited, with a prologue and copious descriptive particulars, by Reginald Allen; and a foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Illustrated with contemporary drawings.
Uniform title: 
Operas. Librettos. English
Published: 
[New York] : Limited Editions Club, 1958.
Contents: 

Thespis -- Trial by jury -- The sorcerer -- H. M. S. Pinafore -- The pirates of Penzance -- Patience -- Iolanthe -- Princess Ida -- The Mikado -- Ruddygore -- The yeomen of the guard -- The gondoliers -- Utopia, limited -- The grand duke.

Notes: 

Limited to 1500 copies.
Issued in slipcase.
Quarter bound in red velvet with gilt stamped floral designs on front and back cover; gilt stamped lettering on oval buckram label mounted on spine.
Printed at the Gallery Press.

Associated names: 

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
Allen, Reginald, editor.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Gilbert and Sullivan Collection