Gilbert & Sullivan and their world by Baily, Leslie - 1973

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Thames & Hudson, London, 1973, Fine Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket in mylar, 128 pages, 7.5" x 9.5", edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight.

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1973-10-08. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.0051 cent in x 23.3756 cent in x 17.9949 cent in. First edition without jacket on grey cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable

London: Thames and Hudson , 1973. Originally published by Cassell,1952 and revised by Spring Books in1966, the author with this edition since further research has uncovered fresh facts while others have been revised, concentrates on the span of Gilbert and Sullivan's lives alone, reassessing the cultural contribution they made, with D'Oyly Carte, to their world, to posterity and not least to the gaeity of nations. In this lively and authoritative biography Baily sets its fascinatingly contrasted progenitors in the context of the world in which they worked and from which they drew their inspiration. W.S.Gilbert was in many ways a typical Victorian gentleman, yet his satirical absurdities often made his contemporaries uneasy; while Arthur Sullivan rose from a working-class background to become the foremost British composer of the day and the darling of smart society. With Richard D'Oyly Carte, whose business acumen allied to progressive taste catalysed their talents, these two wrought a… Read More

A vivid picture of an age and the men who created a uniquely English confection of mock-heroic satire, geniality and authentic lyricism which still retains a special place in the culture and affections of the English speaking world. 128 pages with 143 black and white illustrations. Book (previous owners name on first page) and dust jacket (remnant booksellers sticker on front) in very good+ condition.