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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[W. S. Gilbert: Inscribed copy of Bab Ballads with Which are Included Songs of a Savoyard]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Inscribed copy of W. S. Gilbert&#039;s collected verse, &quot;The Bab Ballads with which are included Songs of a Savoyard.&quot;  Gilbert inscribed the front endpaper with a five-line quotation from his song &quot;The played-out humourist&quot; beginning &quot;I&#039;ve come to the conclusion that my mine of jocularity...,&quot; signed and dated it &quot;7 Nov 1900.&quot;  &quot;The played-out humourist&quot; is a song from Gilbert and F. Osmond Carr&#039;s opera His Excellency.  Book is also signed by the original owner, Brandon Thomas.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 (writer)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[David &amp; Annabelle Stone Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[George Routledge &amp; Sons, London]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1898]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Ballantyne, Hansen &amp; Co. (printer)]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Book of poems and song lyrics]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[1.4.9]]></dcterms:identifier>
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