{"product_id":"bab-ballads-paperback-by-w-s-gilbert","title":"Bab Ballads Paperback by W. S. Gilbert","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eHarvard University Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2003-05-06)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e384\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780674058019\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eW. S. Gilbert, renowned author of the \u003ci\u003eSavoy Operas\u003c\/i\u003e, was also the creator of the \u003ci\u003eBab Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e--\"possibly the best comic verse--and surely the best illustrated--in the English language,\" according to James Ellis. Gilbert published these poems, together with his own, grotesque drawings signed \"Bab,\" a childhood nickname, in \u003ci\u003eFun\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines in the late nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1898, the older and by then distinguished Gilbert substituted pallid and inoffensive drawings for the originals, which he had come to believe \"erred gravely in the direction of unnecessary extravagance.\" Since then the ballads have been collected and published in various editions, most of which have featured the revised drawings and only a selection of the poems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the only book to offer the complete collection of ballads with all original illustrations, a tribute to the comic genius of a writer known as \"the most original dramatist of his generation.\" This collection will delight readers with its irreverence and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eJames Ellis has been directing and performing in Gilbert and Sullivan operas for almost fifty years. He was for many years Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554137624737,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674058019","price":44.65,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674058019.jpg?v=1781756596","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/bab-ballads-paperback-by-w-s-gilbert","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}