The Gilbert and Sullivan Book by Baily, Leslie - 1966

Cassell & Company Ltd, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. Second Edition. 443 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Minor wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.

Spring Books, 1966. Hardcover . Used Good/Poor. DJ has some small tears, edge and corner wear, but still intact. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. Clearly a pre-owned and used copy. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

NY: Coward - McCann. Maroon cloth hardback with previous owner's address label inside and the jacket has a large chip out of the front panel. a tight good reserachers copy. The revised edtion around 1960 with 475 pages and some color plates = lots of illustrations. Contents near fine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . Good Plus. Hardcover. 1960.

London: Cassell & Co, 1953. 3rd Edition. . Hardcover. Good+. 4to. Red cloth boards Faded boards. Foxing to endpapers.

1952. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. MUSIC. GILBERT & SULLIVAN Very Good Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Wear and tear to the dustjacket. Book good with tight binding and clean pages. Ex-owner's name and address on ffep. Illustrated. Index.

Spring Books, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1967. Second Impression. 475 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Binding remains firm. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

Casell and Co. Ltd , London , 1952, VG . no inscriptions or internal markings. not price-clipped . 443 pages including index, with 10 colour plates and over 400 other illustrations through

Spring Books, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1967. Second Impression. 475 pages. Pictorial jacket over cloth. B&W illustrations and photographs throughout. Clean pages. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Illustration plate glued to front endpaper. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear and large tears to edges and corners, with tape repair. Notable tanning to spine and edges, with minor staining and soiling to DJ.

London: Spring Books, 1966. New and revised. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 475pp. 7 1/2 x 10" Board corners are bumped; slight fading to spine with bumping to edges; scuff mark to bottom page edge at corners; 3" yellowing tape mark on front jacket panel; jacket is worn with darkening and bumping along edges and corners; inside rear jacket flap is creased with darkening along edges; jacket now in mylar protector. Shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire.

London: Spring Books, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 475 pp, not price clipped, no inscriptions, some tears to jacket and it has been sellotaped to the inside boards of the book which has left marks. This is a latge heavy book. Packed with black and white photographs and illustrations, it is one of the most informed and entertaining biographies written. An excellent invaluable reference book.