Pygmalion and Galatea. An Entirely Original Mythological Comedy. In Three Acts

by W. S. Gilbert

$28,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition · Signed

London: Privately Printed by Judd & Co., 1872. Privately-printed uncorrected proof of the first edition of W.S. Gilbert's blank verse play. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to the Bishop of Limerick then George Butler on the front cover With the author's compliments. Additionally inscribed by Gilbert on the title page Uncorrected proof and with authorial corrections to the text on pages 23 - 24. 40

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