The operas of William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are an institution. Hesketh Pearson’s biography is of the two men who together formed a famous partnership and he is interested in them as individual, quite different personalities – one of the explanations behind their equally famous quarrel. Pearson describes their lives rather than criticise their works. As the operas such as ‘The Mikado’ and ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ live on the stage, here their authors come to life in a biography.
Gilbert and Sullivan A Biography by Hesketh Pearson c1947
Title: Gilbert & Sullivan: A Biography
Author: Hesketh Pearson
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publication Date: Undated (1947-Presentation Plate)
Format: HardbackCondition: Black covers with red lettering and gilt design, scuffing to spine and edges with mild bumping to corners. No dust jacket. The pages are clean with no ink or pencil marks. Photographic plate of Willian Gilbert to frontispiece. There is a presentation plate to front showing the book was presented to H J N Lewis and the previous owner has written his name on the first blank page,
Book measures 19cm x 13cm with 319 pages.