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First edition libretto of W. S. Gilbert's play Gretchen in red decorative binding. It was produced at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, 24 March 1879. Dedicated to Miss Marion Terry.

First night program for W. S. Gilbert's play Gretchen at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London. The program also includes the farce Jolliboy's Woes (by Charles S. Fawcett).

Illustrated program for W. S. Gilbert's three act farcical comedy Engaged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. The program also includes the farce By the Sea (by an unidentified author).

Illustrated program for W. S. Gilbert's three act farcical comedy On Bail at the Criterion Theatre, London. The program also includes the comic drama Dorothy's Stratagem (by James Mortimer).

Cartoon in The Entr'acte Annual of a glaring W. S. Gilbert, dressed in armor, holding a large mallet labeled "Discipline" at his side. Small figure of Richard D'Oyly Carte at his side. Image is captioned "The Ironmaster at the Savoy."

A Letter addressed to the Members of the Dramatic Profession in reply to Miss Henrietta Hobson's Pamphlet. By W. S. Gilbert.

A Letter from Miss Henrietta Hobson, an Actress, to the Members of the Dramatic Profession, being a relation of the persecutions which she has suffered from Mr. William Schwenck Gilbert, A Dramatic Author.

First edition libretto ("Printed for Private Circulation Only") of W. S. Gilbert's "entirely original fairy comedy" The Wicked World, inscribed on front cover by Gilbert (to critic Moy Thomas) "With the author's compliments." The Wicked World was …

Gilbert seeks permission to call his new play "On Guard". It opened at the Court Theatre, London, on October 28, 1871, but ran for only three weeks. Mrs. Cudlip is the author Annie Thomas, whose novel On Guard was published in 1865. Gilbert proposed…

First night program for W. S. Gilbert's musical extravaganza The Pretty Druidess; or, the Mother, the Maid and the Mistletoe Bough at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. The program also included the operatic sketch Coming of Age (music by E. L.…