{
  "full": "\n**W. S. GILBERT. H.M.S. PINAFORE AND OTHER PLAYS. 1925**–**1937. (ML 113)**     \n\n#### 118a. First printing (1925)     \n\n[within double rules] H.M.S. PINAFORE | AND OTHER PLAYS | [rule] | BY W. S. GILBERT | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT GABRIEL | [rule] | [torchbearer A1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [rule] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK   \n\nPp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–218 [219–220]. [1–7]16 [8]6     \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D4; [iii] title; [iv] Introduction Copyright, 1925, by | The Modern Library, Inc. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | November, 1925; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: Gilbert W. Gabriel. | New York, October, 1925.; [1] part title: H.M.S. PINAFORE | *or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor;* [2] DRAMATIS PERSONÆ; 3–218 text; [219–220] blank.     \n\n*Contents:* H.M.S. Pinafore – Patience – The Yeomen of the Guard – Ruddigore.     \n\n*Jacket 1a:* Uniform typographic jacket B1 with “GILBERT GABRIEL” (without middle initial) listed as the author of the introduction.     \n\n> Text on front: 
 If the band of genial and optimistic dramatic critics who have been hailing every twenty-two year old lyricist who negotiates a rhyme with more than one syllable in it as “another Gilbert come to town” ever sees this volume, they’ll simply lock themselves in their room! For a rereading of PINAFORE, PATIENCE, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD and RUDDIGORE, all of them contained in this one volume, will convince them anew that there is only one Gilbert, and that, futhermore [*sic*], his myriad of imitators fade into utter nothingness beside the brilliance and undying sparkle of his famous songs and ballads. \nAnother Modern Library volume (number 26) contains THE MIKADO, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, IOLANTHE, and THE GONDOLIERS. The two volumes belong in the library of every dramatic critic, musical comedy author, and tired business man in America. (*Fall 1925*)   \n\nOriginal ML collection. Published 25 November 1925. *WR* 19 December 1925. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1938, nearly two years after *The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan* (G23) was published as a ML Giant.   \n\nGabriel complained that his middle initial had been omitted from the title page and jacket and was assured that it would be included in future printings.     \n\n*H.M.S. Pinafore and Other Plays* is not listed among the ML’s 99 best-selling titles during the first six months of 1928; Gilbert’s *The Mikado and Other Plays* (29) ranked fifty-sixth.     \n\n#### 118b. Title page reset (1925)   \n\nTitle page completely reset; transcription as 118a except line 6: INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT W. GABRIEL   \n\nPp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–218 [219–224]. [1–7]16 [8]8   \n\nContents as 118a except: [ii] pub. note A4; [219–224] ML list. (*Fall 1925*) *Note:* The copyright and *First* statements are retained on p. [iv] of the first printing of 118b; printings examined with 1927 and later lists have only the manufacturing statement on p. [iv].     \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B1 with “GILBERT W. GABRIEL” (including middle initial) listed as the author of the introduction. Text on front as 118a, including the misspelling “futhermore” (*Spring 1927*) *Note:* There may have been an earlier printing of the jacket with Gabriel’s middle initial.     \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Fall 1930*)     \n\n> Front flap: 
 If you are a Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiast (and who is not?), here, for your constant delight, are four W. S. Gilbert librettos—those merry, spoofing plays to which you have sung and whistled Sir Arthur Sullivan’s inspired tunes. All the sprightliness, the gay satire and the felicity of rhyme are yours for the reading! This is one of the two volumes of W. S. Gilbert’s plays in the Modern Library; the other (No. 26) contains *The Mikado*, *The Gondoliers*, *The Pirates Penzance* and *Iolanthe*. (*Fall 1933*)   \n\nThere was a spring 1939 printing of jacket 2 after *H.M.S. Pinafore and Other Plays* was discontinued. The spring 1939 jackets were stamped “DISCONTINUED TITLE” and were used on copies sold as remainders.     \n\nAlso in the Modern Library \nGilbert, *Mikado and Other Plays* (1918–1938) 29 \nGilbert and Sullivan, *Complete Plays* (Giant, 1936–1971) G23   \n\n",
  "id": "118",
  "year": "1925",
  "label": "W. S. GILBERT. H.M.S. PINAFORE AND OTHER PLAYS. 1925  –  1937. (ML 113)",
  "author": "W. S. GILBERT",
  "title": "H.M.S. PINAFORE AND OTHER PLAYS. 1925  –",
  "date": "1937.",
  "something": "ML 113",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "id": "118a",
      "title": "First printing (1925)     ",
      "full": "\n\n[within double rules] H.M.S. PINAFORE | AND OTHER PLAYS | [rule] | BY W. S. GILBERT | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT GABRIEL | [rule] | [torchbearer A1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [rule] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK   \n\nPp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–218 [219–220]. [1–7]16 [8]6     \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D4; [iii] title; [iv] Introduction Copyright, 1925, by | The Modern Library, Inc. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | November, 1925; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: Gilbert W. Gabriel. | New York, October, 1925.; [1] part title: H.M.S. PINAFORE | *or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor;* [2] DRAMATIS PERSONÆ; 3–218 text; [219–220] blank.     \n\n*Contents:* H.M.S. Pinafore – Patience – The Yeomen of the Guard – Ruddigore.     \n\n*Jacket 1a:* Uniform typographic jacket B1 with “GILBERT GABRIEL” (without middle initial) listed as the author of the introduction.     \n\n> Text on front: 
 If the band of genial and optimistic dramatic critics who have been hailing every twenty-two year old lyricist who negotiates a rhyme with more than one syllable in it as “another Gilbert come to town” ever sees this volume, they’ll simply lock themselves in their room! For a rereading of PINAFORE, PATIENCE, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD and RUDDIGORE, all of them contained in this one volume, will convince them anew that there is only one Gilbert, and that, futhermore [*sic*], his myriad of imitators fade into utter nothingness beside the brilliance and undying sparkle of his famous songs and ballads. \nAnother Modern Library volume (number 26) contains THE MIKADO, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, IOLANTHE, and THE GONDOLIERS. The two volumes belong in the library of every dramatic critic, musical comedy author, and tired business man in America. (*Fall 1925*)   \n\nOriginal ML collection. Published 25 November 1925. *WR* 19 December 1925. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1938, nearly two years after *The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan* (G23) was published as a ML Giant.   \n\nGabriel complained that his middle initial had been omitted from the title page and jacket and was assured that it would be included in future printings.     \n\n*H.M.S. Pinafore and Other Plays* is not listed among the ML’s 99 best-selling titles during the first six months of 1928; Gilbert’s *The Mikado and Other Plays* (29) ranked fifty-sixth.     \n\n"
    },
    {
      "id": "118b",
      "title": "Title page reset (1925)   ",
      "full": "\n\nTitle page completely reset; transcription as 118a except line 6: INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT W. GABRIEL   \n\nPp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–218 [219–224]. [1–7]16 [8]8   \n\nContents as 118a except: [ii] pub. note A4; [219–224] ML list. (*Fall 1925*) *Note:* The copyright and *First* statements are retained on p. [iv] of the first printing of 118b; printings examined with 1927 and later lists have only the manufacturing statement on p. [iv].     \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B1 with “GILBERT W. GABRIEL” (including middle initial) listed as the author of the introduction. Text on front as 118a, including the misspelling “futhermore” (*Spring 1927*) *Note:* There may have been an earlier printing of the jacket with Gabriel’s middle initial.     \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Fall 1930*)     \n\n> Front flap: 
 If you are a Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiast (and who is not?), here, for your constant delight, are four W. S. Gilbert librettos—those merry, spoofing plays to which you have sung and whistled Sir Arthur Sullivan’s inspired tunes. All the sprightliness, the gay satire and the felicity of rhyme are yours for the reading! This is one of the two volumes of W. S. Gilbert’s plays in the Modern Library; the other (No. 26) contains *The Mikado*, *The Gondoliers*, *The Pirates Penzance* and *Iolanthe*. (*Fall 1933*)   \n\nThere was a spring 1939 printing of jacket 2 after *H.M.S. Pinafore and Other Plays* was discontinued. The spring 1939 jackets were stamped “DISCONTINUED TITLE” and were used on copies sold as remainders.     \n\nAlso in the Modern Library \nGilbert, *Mikado and Other Plays* (1918–1938) 29 \nGilbert and Sullivan, *Complete Plays* (Giant, 1936–1971) G23   \n\n"
    }
  ],
  "type": "book"
}