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Gilbert before Sullivan:Six Comic Plays: Six Comic Plays
by Gilbert, W. S and Jane Stedman (Editor)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0710028849
- ISBN 13
- 9780710028846
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, orange cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 270pp. including index and selected bibliography. A collection of six comedies (without music)) written by W.S. Gilbert, before he soared to success as the librettist for Andrew Sullivan and merged into the Gilbert and Sullivan of musical comedy legend. A beautiful very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a very crisp, bright, sharp, clean dust jacket with price intact and with the most minor of wear to part of top front edge. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. Virtually as new..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07086
- Title
- Gilbert before Sullivan:Six Comic Plays: Six Comic Plays
- Author
- Gilbert, W. S and Jane Stedman (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0710028849
- ISBN 13
- 9780710028846
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- STEDMAN, GILBERT, SULLIVAN, GILBERT & SAVOYARDS, ENGLAND, ENGLISH, THEATRE, THEATER, MUSICAL, OPERETTA, COMIC, PLAY, PLAYWRIGHT, LIBRETTIST, D'OYLY CARTE, HISTORY, PLAYS, DRAMA, STAGE, W.S. , POPULAR,
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Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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