Sir Arthur Sullivan by Young, Percy M - 1971

Dent & Sons, J. M. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1971-11-04. Hardcover. Good.

WW Norton & Company, New York, 1971, Fine Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket, 304 pages, 6" x 9.5", illustrated with photographs, rubbed dustjacket with edgewear, otherwise tight and clean. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842 – 1900) was an English composer.

New York: W. W. Norton & Co.. Hardcover. 1971. 8vo 304pp . Fine in Fine DJ. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer and conductor best known for a series of comic operettas he wrote with the English playwright Sir William Gilbert. Sullivan also won recognition for several hymns, notably the familiar "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (1871) .

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; Musical Notation; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 304 pages; 1971 W. W. Norton & Company. HC/DJ. 1st American edition. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with some b&w photos and musical notation. Trace shelf evidence to jacket extremities. Handsome copy. F/NF .

J. M. Dent, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographic & musical tablature. the dust jacket has been price clipped by the publisher with a new price sticker laid in on the front fold over flap. Top edge tinted red, shows a couple of moisture splash marks, but no damage from water otherwise to the book. Handling marks to the front edge of the text block, slightly musty smell which should reduce with age. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs into sections, and musical examples both of which are referenced in the contents. The book is also indexed, and has an appendix & bibliography. Sullivan has suffered from his partnership with W. S. Gilbert, to the extent, that his independent genius as a composer has been almost completely nought. In writing the first definitive and critical biography of this master, every facet of Sullivan's life and work has been examined and in so doing so throws light, on the composer social and… Read More

London:: J.M. Dent and Sons,, 1971. Cloth. Inscription on inside cover reads: "Alexander Fains, Sherborne, August, 1976." Some scuffing to pine and corners of DJ.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1971. xiii, 304p., b/w illus., dj.

London: J.M. Dent, 1971. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiv,304pp, index, ills. Dj spine is faded else a very nice copy of this biog. and social history. Sullivan was much more than the Savoy operas. Size: 8vo