The Bab Ballads (with Which are Included, Songs of a savoyard)
by W S Gilbert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No D/J
- Seller
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1930. No D/J. The book is in good used condition (with previous owners inscription on front free end-paper) With 350 illustrations by Gillbert.The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique "topsy-turvy" style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert`s cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert's childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations "Bab". Nothing else quite like the Ballads has ever been produced in the English language. You will receive the book seen in the image.. Illus. by W S Gilbert. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint. Cloth. Good/No D/J.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Besleys Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MC1536
- Title
- The Bab Ballads (with Which are Included, Songs of a savoyard)
- Author
- W S Gilbert
- Illustrator
- W S Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No D/J
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. LIBERETTOS. OLD HUMOUR. COLLECTIBLE. COLLECTABLE. ARTHUR SATIRE. ILLUSTRATED. SATIRACAL. BAB. BRITISH HISTORY. MUSIC. ENGLISH LANGUAGE. MUSICAL HALL. RECOMMENDED. RESEARCH.
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Besleys Books
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Diss, Norfolk
About Besleys Books
Besleys Books - we a family run business with over 40 years experience in the booktrade. Internet only - books not stored at premises, no callers please.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...