By Andrew Crowther. I was recently asked for information about available editions of Gilbert's Sullivan libretti. It occurred to me that there may be many Gilbertians out there who are simply not aware of the range of material that is available - thus this.
Some good books are, unfortunately, out of print.
I give some details of these at the end, for the information of those strange people who, like myself, enjoy scouring the musty shelves of second-hand bookshops. The comments which I have appended to many of the entries are, of course, personal statements of opinion, and are to be accepted only by those foolish enough to trust my views. Editions of the Savoy Operas. The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan , ed. The annotations cover not only explanations of obscure references, but also transcriptions of variant readings, cut passages, etc.