The Bab Ballads in 2 vols.

by Fine Binding - Riviere, Son, W. S. Gilbert

$8,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: John Camden Hotten and George Routledge and Sons, 1869 and 1872 . First editions. Two octavo volumes 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 184 x 133 mm. & 7 x 5 3/8 inches; 179 x 137 mm. . ix, 2 , 14-222, 4, adv. ; viii, 1 , 14-224, 4. adv. pp. Black and white frontispieces with original tissue guards, black and white text illustrations throughout. Bound c. 1920 by Rivière & Son

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