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  1. General Reference Books
  2. Autobiographies, Biographies and the like
  3. Texts (including annotated editions)
  4. D'Oyly Carte Reference Books
  5. Specialist Subjects
  6. Music (other than Vocal Scores)
  7. Gilbert and Sullivan Fiction
  8. Unclassified

General Reference Books

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The Gilbert and Sullivan Lexicon in Which Is Gilded the Philosophic Pill, by Harry Benford (Third edition - 1999). "The Gilbert and Sullivan Lexicon" is not yet available via Amazon, but publisher's details (including details of how to order on-line) can be found by following the link above.
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The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan, by Diana Bell (1998)
Amazon (USA)The Music of Arthur Sullivan, by Gervase Hughes (Reprint 1973)  
Amazon (USA)The Gilbert and Sullivan Book, by Leslie Baily (1956) Read a review
Amazon (UK)An Introduction to the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas : From the Collection in the Pierpoint Morgan Library, by Frederic Woodbridge Wilson (1990) Read a review
Amazon (USA)How Quaint the Ways of Paradox; An Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan Bibliography, by Philip H Dillard (1991) Read a review
Amazon (UK)How Quaint the Ways of Paradox; An Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan Bibliography, by Philip H Dillard (1991) Read a review
Amazon (USA)Sir Arthur Sullivan ; A Resource Book, by Philip H Dillard (1996)  
Amazon (UK)Sir Arthur Sullivan ; A Resource Book, by Philip H Dillard (1996)  
Amazon (UK)Gilbert and Sullivan Journal 56-Year Index : Covering the Years 1925-81 (Vols 1-10), by Geoffrey Dixon (1995)  
Amazon (UK)Gilbert and Sullivan Opera : An Assessment, by Audrey Williamson (1982) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Gilbert and Sullivan Photofinder : An Index to Published Illustrations of Savoy Opera, by Geoffrey Dixon (1995)  
Amazon (UK)Sullivan's Comic Operas: A Critical Appreciation, by Thomas F Dunhill (1981)  

Autobiographies, Biographies and the like

Amazon (UK)Kenneth Sandford - Merely Corroborative Detail, by Roberta Morrell (November 1999)  
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W S Gilbert : a classic Victorian and his theatre, by Jane W Stedman (1996)
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Amazon (USA)Arthur Sullivan, A Victorian Musician, by Arthur Jacobs (1992 - 2nd edition) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Arthur Sullivan, A Victorian Musician, by Arthur Jacobs (1992 - 2nd edition) Read a review
Amazon (Germany)Arthur Sullivan - Ein Komponistenleben im viktorianischen England, by Meinhard Saremba (1993) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Inclined to Dance and Sing, by Cynthia Morey - a D'Oyly Carte Journal of the 1950s (1998) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Grand Passions and Broken Hearts : Loves and Lusts of the Great Composers, by Basil Howitt (1998) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Sullivan and the Scott Russells : a Victorian love affair told through the letters of Rachel and Louise Scott Russell to Arthur Sullivan 1864-1870 (Published 1984)  
Amazon (UK)George Grossmith : Biography of a Savoyard, by Tony Joseph (1982)  
Amazon (UK)Gilbert & Sullivan : The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers, by Alan James and Andrew Codd (1989 - paperback) Read a review
Amazon (USA)Gilbert & Sullivan: The Illustated Lives of the Great Composers, by Alan James and Andrew Codd (1989 - paperback) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Gilbert & Sullivan: Interviews & Recollections, edited by Harold Orel (Paperback - 1995) Read a review
Amazon (USA)Gilbert & Sullivan: Interviews & Recollections, edited by Harold Orel (Paperback - 1995) Read a review
Amazon (UK)W S Gilbert : stage director, by William Cox-Ife (1978) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Sir Arthur Sullivan, by Arthur Lawrence (Reprint - 1980)  
Amazon (USA)W. S. Gilbert: His Life & Letters, by Sidney Dark and Rowland Grey (Reprint 1972) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Gilbert & Sullivan : The Creative Conflict, by David Eden (1986) Read a review
Amazon (USA)Gilbert & Sullivan: The Creative Conflict, by David Eden (1986) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Gilbert: His Life & Strife, by Hesketh Pearson (Reprint 1978) Read a review
Amazon (USA)Gilbert: His Life & Strife, by Hesketh Pearson (Reprint 1978) Read a review

Texts (including annotated editions)

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The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan, edited by Ian Bradley (1996 - hardback)
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The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan : Librettos from All Fourteen Operettas, edited by Deems Taylor (1998 - hardback)
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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan (1997)
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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan (1980)
Amazon (UK)The Bab Ballads, by W.S.Gilbert (1990) Read a review
Amazon (USA)The Bab Ballads, by W.S.Gilbert (1980) Read a review
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The Mikado (Dover Thrift Edition - 1992)
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Amazon (UK)The Contrabandista, by Francis C Burnand (edited by Terence Rees)  
Amazon (UK)Uncle Baby : a comedietta, by W S Gilbert (edited by Terence Rees - 1968) Read a review
Amazon (UK)The Realm of Joy : being a free and easy version of Le Roi Candaule, by W S Gilbert (edited by Terence Rees) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Tarantara ! Tarantara ! by Ian Taylor (1976) Read a review
Amazon (USA)Tarantara ! Tarantara ! by Ian Taylor (1983) Read a review
Amazon (UK)The Story of Cinderella : A Pantomime. Music from the Operas of Sir Arthur Sullivan. By Ronald Parr (Text only edition, published by Samuel French Limited, 1954)  
Amazon (UK)The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townwomen's Guild Operatic Society's production of The Mikado, by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin (1993)  
Amazon (UK)The Lost Stories of W.S.Gilbert, by W.S.Gilbert (Selected and introduced by Peter Haining, illustrated by "Bab" (1982 - hardback) Read a review
Amazon (UK)The Lost Stories of W.S.Gilbert, by W.S.Gilbert (Selected and introduced by Peter Haining, illustrated by "Bab" (1985 - paperback) Read a review

D'Oyly Carte Reference Books

Amazon (UK)The Gilbert and Sullivan Alphabet of Artistes: A Performance Record of D'Oyly Carte Personnel, 1875-1982, by Maurice Farrar (1999). Read a review 
Amazon (UK)D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1875-1982 : An Unofficial History, by Tony Joseph (1994)  
Amazon (UK)The Savoyards on record : the story of the singers who worked with Gilbert and Sullivan and the records they made, by John Wolfson (1985)  

Specialist Subjects

Amazon (USA)Contradiction Contradicted, by Andrew Crowther (2000)  
Amazon (UK)Contradiction Contradicted, by Andrew Crowther (2000)  
Amazon (USA)Gilbert and Sullivan's London, by Andrew Goodman & Mike Leigh (April 2000)  
Amazon (UK)Gilbert and Sullivan's London, by Andrew Goodman & Mike Leigh (April 2000)  
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The Gilbert and Sullivan Film - 176 pages, with many black-and-white stills from the film Topsy-Turvy (Faber and Faber - September 1999)
Amazon (UK)Here's a Pretty Mess : A New Guide to Gilbert and Sullivan Opera for the Amateur Performer and Enthusiast, by David Jeremy Charles Bathurst and Terence Whitlock (September 1998) Read a review
Amazon (UK)Thespis : Gilbert and Sullivan Enigma, by Terence Rees  
Amazon (UK)The Notary and other Lawyers in Gilbert and Sullivan, by AJ Burgess, A Dodds and J Dodds (1997)  
Amazon (USA)Gilbert and Sullivan at Law, by Andrew Goodman (1983)  
Amazon (UK)Modified Rapture: Comedy in W. S. Gilbert's Savoy Operas, by Alan Fischler (1992) Read a review

Music (other than Vocal Scores)

Amazon (USA)The Mikado (Easy Piano Picture Book), by Kenneth Lillington, illustrated by Jenny Tylden-Wright (1988)  
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The Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Songbook : 92 Unabridged Selections from All 14 Operas, reproduced from early vocal scores (1978)
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Gilbert and Sullivan Fiction

Amazon (USA)The West End Horror : A Posthumous Memoir of John H Watson, MD, by Nicholas Meyer (Hardback (Large Print) - first published 1978) Read a review
Amazon (USA)The West End Horror : A Posthumous Memoir of John H Watson, MD, by Nicholas Meyer (Paperback - first published 1978) Read a review
Amazon (UK)The West End Horror : A Posthumous Memoir of John H Watson, MD, by Nicholas Meyer (Hardback (Large Print) - first published 1978) Read a review
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Biggie and the Mangled Mortician, by Nancy Bell (1997 - hardback)
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Biggie and the Mangled Mortician, by Nancy Bell (1998 - paperback)
Amazon (USA)The Diary of a Nobody, by George and Weedon Grossmith (First published in book form in 1892) Read a review
Amazon (UK)The Diary of a Nobody, by George and Weedon Grossmith (First published in book form in 1892) Read a review
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Murder & Sullivan, by Sara Hoskinson Frommer, in hardback (1997)
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Murder & Sullivan, by Sara Hoskinson Frommer, in paperback (1998)
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Amazon (UK)Arthur and the Great Detective, by Alan Coren (1979) Read a review

Unclassified

Amazon (UK)Gilbert & Sullivan's Christmas, edited by John Van der Kiste (2000) Read a description
Amazon (USA)Gilbert & Sullivan's Christmas, edited by John Van der Kiste (2000) Read a description
Amazon (UK)The Flotation of HMS Pinafore 1878, by Percy M Young (1998)  
Amazon (UK)Gilbert and Sullivan Quiz and Puzzle Book, by Nigel Bartlett (1985)  
Amazon (UK)Savoy Stories Transcribed from the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, by Evelyn Gatliff (1950)  
Amazon (UK)School Gilbert and Sullivan, by Tony Hewitt  

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