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The Yeomen of the Guard, or, The Merryman and His Maid
by Gilbert, W.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
G. Bell & Sons, Ltd, London, 1912. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: W. Russell Flint. 54 pages, list of colour plates, original cast for first production in 1888. Coloured Illustrated frontispiece by W. Russell Flint, and there are another seven full coloured plates within the text. Brown coloured boards with gilt-decorated -- ornate wreathed armorial border, and gilt writing on the front panel and spine. Gilt decoration on has also been applied to the spine. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and a little rubbing to the book corners. The cloth of the board has become rubbed and marked but surprisingly the gilt illustration on the front board is still bright and crisp, to a large degree, though the gilt on the spine has faded. Heavy foxing to the paper edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers, in fact heavy foxing, though not on the coloured plates, throughout the whole book. The words to one of Gilbert and Sullivans' comic operettas. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: W. Russell Flint. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Opera; Inventory No: 0104246. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104246
- Title
- The Yeomen of the Guard, or, The Merryman and His Maid
- Author
- Gilbert, W.S
- Illustrator
- W. Russell Flint
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. Bell & Sons, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- BZDB2 W. S. Gilbert -- Comic Opera -- Words, W. Russell Flint -- Illustrator Art & Design; Opera; W. Russell Flint Unbranded Gilbert, W.S. The Yeomen of the Guard, or, The Merryman and His Maid
- Bookseller catalogs
- Opera;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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