Record ID
66939
Accession number
GSC 100577
Creator
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Object 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.
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.
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.
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.
Associated names
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
Allen, Reginald, editor.
Allen, Reginald, editor.
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