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Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Hardcover without jacket. Binding and hinges sound, text unmarked, mild shelfwear (a bit of rubbing to extremities, but still presentable). Dime-sized scrape to front fixed endpaper (maybe where a price sticker was removed?) and former owner's signature in ink on an opening leaf. All edges gilt. Date is not stated, 1874 from external information; 2nd edition stated. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1874.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates no date. 5th . Hardcover. Very Good. 19th-cent. volume. Full gilt edges. Light crack front hinge, 1919 giftnote up front, small cut mid-spine author's b/w cartoons. very good, no dj, bright gold-stamped green cloth, beveled edges 226 pgs

Boston: Small, Maynard circa 1920, 1920. Hardcover. good++. owner's name front flyleaf. Funny little verses added in pen on bottomof p.184, and to verso rear end paper author's drawings. good++, no dj, black-stamped pictorial orange-yellow cloth 184 pgs

NY.: Sully & Kleinteich., nd.. Gray boards, paper labels front cover & spine.. Binding badly cracked, pgs 7-10 & 23-24 detatched, several others loosening, otherwise attractive copy. 12mo. Illustrated with black & white line drawings by the author..

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1111. First. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. no ffep 202pp foxed red pictorial cloth

New York: Sully & Kleinteich, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 16mo. 184pp. Grey paper boards with mounted labels. Age-toning on the spine with wear to the extremities.

New York: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1884. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Gilbert, W.S. [William Schwenck]. First thus. Front free endpaper loose but included (hinges still strong). 1884 Hard Cover. viii, 309 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth gilt titles, gold, black, and dark brown decorations on spine and front board, decorated endpapers. A collection of poems by W.S. Gilbert, most well-known for his partnership with Arthur Sullivan in producing such works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Originally published in a periodical called 'Fun', and later re-released in two volumes entitled The Bab Ballads and More Bab Ballads. Released here in one volume for the first time.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1897. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition. 222pp. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Gilt foredges. With illustrations by the author. Gift inscription, bumped spine ends and corners and a piece of notebook paper affixed to the rear free endpaper, very good.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Book. Illus. by Gilbert W.S.. Very Good+. Hard Cover Green Cloth. No jacket. No date. Black & White illustrations. Gilt titles to spine. Gilt edges all round. 222 pages. 0.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Hardcover. Good. 222p. A green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges worn; cloth splitting along the back edge of the spine, though the binding is still tight. Gilt title on front cover has dulled with age. Crease in front endpaper and faint, spotty stains on rear endpaper. Early owner's gift inscription on a blank front endpaper, and discoloration in gutter of pages 58-59 where a small leaf was pressed. Otherwise, text clean. Silly poems by W.S. Gilbert (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame) featuring his own cartoon illustrations. This is an undated 19th-century edition; the owner's inscription is dated 1870.

London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.. First One-Volume Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. W.S. Gilbert. First one-volume edition comprising Bab Ballads and More Bab Ballads. Scarce. Beautiful gilt illustrated cloth. Pictures signed 'Bab.'. Illustrated by Engraved illustrations and maps. A clean, bright, unmarked copy with fading to spine text.

"The 'Bab' Ballads" - Much Sound and Little Sense by W.S. Gilbert. Circa 1890's (the book is undated, but the year 1895 is written on the front end paper); George Routledge and Sons; New York and London. The book features 215 illustrations by the author. Complete in one volume, including the "Bab Ballads" and "More Bab Ballads." The book is a collection of light, comical verses written in Gilbert's "topsy-turvy" style in which the humor is derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd.Condition:Clean front cover; some light staining to the back cover; the gilt lettering on the spine has mostly faded; the top and bottom edges of the spine are worn. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are clean with only a few random, light smudges; name/date (1895) written in pen on the front end paper; there is an ink stain at the top corner at the hinge between 2 front blank end papers. Overall the book is in very good condition.

"The 'Bab' Ballads" - Much Sound and Little Sense by W.S. Gilbert. Circa 1890's (the book is undated, but the year 1895 is written on the front end paper); George Routledge and Sons; New York and London. The book features 215 illustrations by the author. Complete in one volume, including the "Bab Ballads" and "More Bab Ballads." The book is a collection of light, comical verses written in Gilbert's "topsy-turvy" style in which the humor is derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd.Condition:Clean front cover; some light staining to the back cover; the gilt lettering on the spine has mostly faded; the top and bottom edges of the spine are worn. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are clean with only a few random, light smudges; name/date (1895) written in pen on the front end paper; there is an ink stain at the top corner at the hinge between 2 front blank end papers. Overall the book is in very good condition.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Good condition. No date. Circa 1875. Fifth Edition Revised.

New York: Sully & Kleinteich, 1900. 16mo, pp. x, [2], 184; text illustrations throughout; contemporary three-quarter dark red morocco over green buckram, gilt lettering and decorative stamping to spine, very small loss mid-spine, extremities a bit rubbed; endpaper edges toned, else interior fine. A very good, attractive copy.

Nice condition antique copy of "THE BAB BALLADS - Much Sound and Little Sense" by W.S. Gilbert. Circa 1880's (there is no date of publication stated); Porter & Coates; Philadelphia. Richly illustrated with drawings throughout by the author. Gilt page edges on all sides of the text block. The book is a collection of light, comical verses written in Gilbert's "topsy-turvy" style in which the humor is derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd.Condition:Clean covers and spine. There is a bit of mottling to the cloth at the bottom edge of the front cover. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Bright gilt page edges on all sides of the text block. Nice interior - the pages are clean with only some very light foxing to the end papers. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original highly decorated yellow cloth hardcover, illustrated throughout, 255 pages, an unusually clean and bright copy in near fine condition. We are a real bookshop with real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited 154 numbered pp +4 pp of ads; HB. Pages: clean, bright/lt foxed, tight, sm frontis; a.e. tanned, PO name inked in period script and dated 1897 to front ep. Cover: tan cloth, 3 Gilbert illustrations in red/black + red/black titles front, black titles spine, Pear's soap ad to back; moderate shelfwear, extrems well worn, spine titles rubbed, but still legible, dampstain to front b.e. 34 of the famous Bab Ballads, w/ many wonderful and weird illustrations by Gilbert, crease and bump tot back. This appears to be a popular copy-it is not elegantly bound. While undated, all poems are 1868 or earlier.

0. Good. Hardcover. cover worn <br> .

New York and London: George Routledge & Sons , 1873. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small 4to. Original green pictorial gilt stamped cloth; a.e.g. pp. 222. 4 pp undated (Routledge) ads. Spine tips worn, front endpaper loose.