Lost Bab Ballads W.S. Gilbert
1932. First Edition. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrations by Townley Searle. Flat signed by Townley Searle to reverse side of title page. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.