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[Flyer] Standard Theatre. First Production in This City of an Entirely New and Original Nautical Comic Opera, H.M.S. Pinafore
New York: Standard Theatre / A.S. Seer, 1879. Very Good. Item #47310
New York: Standard Theatre / A.S. Seer, Theatrical Printer, [1879]. First Edition. Pictorial broadsheet (28.5x18cm), printed offset with woodcut illustration of a ship on recto. Previous folds, light dust-soil and wear from handling, else Very Good.
Rare flyer to the first American production of H.M.S. Pinafore, which originally appeared in London in 1878, playing "nearly Three Hundred Consecutive Nights." This production, which opened February 15, 1879, started with the light Comedietta "My Uncle's Will." Only one example separately catalogued in OCLC as of March, 2026, at Library of Congress.
Price: $200.00