Fifty Bab Ballads - W.S. Gilbert (Hb)

Step into the wickedly witty world of W.S. Gilbert with this Victorian-era hardback of Fifty Bab Ballads — a rare and charming piece of literary history.

William Schwenck Gilbert — the lyrical genius behind the Gilbert and Sullivan operas — originally published his Bab Ballads in the pages of Fun magazine during the 1860s. This collected edition, dating from circa 1893, gathers fifty of his comic verse pieces, illustrated with his own delightfully absurd drawings. The ballads are sharp, satirical, and often surreal — a direct precursor to the topsy-turvy humour of the Savoy operas. A genuine antiquarian treasure for lovers of Victorian literature and comic verse.

• Format: Hardback (Hb)
• Author: W.S. Gilbert
• Published: c.1893
• Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
• Condition: Preloved — used and recycled. Antique item — handle with care.
• SKU: 11z47062