Die Fledermaus The Bat Operette in 3 Akten nach Meilhac und Halévy Bearbeitet von C. Haffner und Richard Genée Operetta in three acts English version by Alfred Kalish (This verson is used by Sir Thomas Beecham ) ... Vocal score arrangef by Anton Paulik. [Piano-vocal score]

Wien, London: Weinberger, Alwin Cranz, 1948. Large octavo. Original publisher's dark ivory wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [1] (contents) 2-196 pp.

Wrappers worn and slightly creased. Browned; signatures loose; small handstamps to lower margin of title. "Over the next quarter of a century [from 1885] a further 14 operettas and even a grand opera (Ritter Pásmán, 1892) cemented Strauss's position as the leading light in 'Silver Age' Viennese operetta, though even in the composer's lifetime only three of these found international success: Die Fledermaus (1874), Eine Nacht in Venedig (1883) and Der Zigeunerbaron." Peter Kemp in Grove Music Online.