W S Gilbert Illustrator (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. GIFT QUALITY 1979 U.K. hardcover with dust jacket protected by a Brodart jacket cover. UNREAD COPY is clean and bright inside and out with sharp edges and corners and no tears. This is NOT an ex-library book. NOT corner-clipped (retains the original UK cover price on the front jacket flap). A very nice copy! 1979 facsimile reprint of the 1929 Macmillan original. W.S. Gilbert's stage play, interspersed with both black-and-white and colour illustrations by W. Russell Flint and Charles E. Brock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated by Lubin, L. B. (illustrator) (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Cloth Covered Boards/Hard Back. Condition: Book is Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good +. Reprint. xii564 pages including indices. Pages 547-551 are free but taped in. DJ has wear with chipping to spine-ends, corners & upper rear edges, yellowing with surface marks/slight foxing, browning to edges.Book has small gilt design to front, light weat to spine-ends, slight colour fading to edges. Slight browning to end-papers, page-edges are yellowed, attractive b/w cartoon drawings. Text is very clean. Nice condition. Gilbert, W.S. (Illustrator) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Has the B on a letter line under 'First American Edition' and all first issue points. Based on the operas of Gilbert and Sullvan and with character drawings from the Bill Melendez film 'Dick Deadeye or Duty Done.' A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in an archival Mylar jacket cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. Slight and minor wear to rear outer hinge and at bottom of spine edge from rubbing, else a tight, solid copy, free of tears or chips, unmarked and in bright cover gilt. Scarce.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A beautiful limited edition of W. S. Gilbert's delightful 'Bab Ballads', with a handwritten letter from Hilary Jenkinson to Philip James, contesting James's interpretations of Gilbert's illustrations. A limited edition of English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator W. S. Gilbert's collection of light verse, with this being one of 1,500 copies produced.The first edition to feature an introduction from Hesketh Pearson, and an essay on Gilbert as an illustrator by Philip James.With vignette illustrations by Gilbert himself throughout.With a two leaf loosely inserted handwritten signed letter about the work from Hilary Jenkinson, a British archivist and archival theorist, regarded as the figure most responsible for bringing continental European concepts of archival theory to the English-speaking world.The letter is addressed to Philip James, who writes on Gilbert's powers as an illustrator in this volume. He states 'I am very glad to have that charming Gilbert book [.] I am a little out of sympathy, I confess, with your last sentence. I concede the sentimental streak in Gilbert but that does not seem to be incompatible with that peculiar form of extravagance [.] and would Gilbert have stood for having his drawings improved by the engravers?'.The Bab Ballads became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert used in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial onlay to front board centre. Fading to back strip, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Two leaves of handwritten letters loosely inserted. Near Fine. W. S. Gilbert (illustrator). book. …

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Hengst, T.C.; Gilbert, S.; Cogswell, F. (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Hengst, T.C.; Gilbert, S.; Cogswell, F. (illustrator).

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition Thus. This is one of the publisher Allen Lane's annual Christmas book. 8vo in black cloth with ornately printed blue and gilt decoration to the front cover. 120pp text with illustrations in text, plus an additional illustrations at rear. One of 1,500 copies, some of which (including this one) have a folded stiff paper reproduction of the front cover design pasted to the front end-paper which is signed in ink by Allen Lane . [CONDITION: A well preserved about FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (top edge of page block very slightly foxed or tanned) ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. First Edition. 9.75" x 7.5", 114, (1) pp, with illustrated endpapers, 6 color plates (including frontispiece) and addition b/w illustrations in the text. Original illustrated paper-covered boards slightly toned at edges, very lightly bumped at corners and spine ends. Internally sound and clean. In a partial original dust jacket, which is missing large chips from both panels and the lower spine.…

4to. [viii]pp, pp 169-224, 8 colour plates with tissue guards. Original decorated blue cloth gilt. Spine lightly sun-faded, small neat repair to spine head, eps browned, light spotting to ht.

A richly illustrated gathering of four of Gilbert's most beloved operas Brought vividly to life by W. Russell Flint. FLINT, W. Russell, illustrator. GILBERT, W.S. Iolanthe and Other Opera's. With illustrations in colour by W. Russell Flint. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1910. First edition thus. Quarto. 9 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches; 242 x 187 mm.). [x], 1-224 pp. Thirty-two fine color plates by W. Russell Flint, each with printed tissue guards, as issued. Handsomely bound for Asprey's ca. 1960 in three quarter dark green morocco over green cloth boards, spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, green end-papers, top edge gilt. Spine faded but still a most attractive and well-executed binding. The inclusion of four of Gilbert's most enduring operas - Iolanthe, The Mikado, Ruddigore, and The Gondoliers - gives the volume a broader appeal, bringing together some of the finest examples of Victorian comic opera, all interpreted through the elegant and theatrical color plates of W. Russell Flint. …

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1861 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 269 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 269 Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1861 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 268 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 268 Volume new ser. 8 (1879) Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1861 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 272 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 272 Volume new ser. 7 (1878) Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1861 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 269 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 269 Volume new ser. 5 (1876) [Incomple] Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1861 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 275 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 275 Volume new ser. 1 (1872) Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1861 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 269 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 269 Volume new ser. 4 (1875) Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1861 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 264 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 264 Volume new ser. 6 (1877) Language: English.…