The "bab" Ballads; Much Sound And Little Sense.
first edition Hardcover
1869 · London
by Gilbert, W.S. Illustrated by Gilbert, W.S.
London: John Camden Hotten, 1869. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. 1st edition, 1st state with Hotten imprint. Full calf with gilt-stamped paneled spine, gilt rules on the covers, inner dentelles, and marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Original decorated cloth cover and spine mounted and bound in at the rear. Publisher's four page advert at the rear. Text is clean, bright, and tight. Front hinge professionally repaired. Very good condition. (Inventory #: 3125)