An entirely new and original aesthetic opera in two acts entitled Patience, or, Bunthorne's bride / written by W.S. Gilbert ; composed by Arthur Sullivan.

Binder's title: Patience, or, Bunthorne's bride : comic aesthetic opera. Prompter's copy. Not to be taken from desk.
Prompter's copy, with annotations in red ink throughout.
In pocket attached to p. [2] of cover: libretto of same work ([New York?]bib.M. Stoddart, c1881).
Bound in preceding t.p.: leaf with color cut-out figures representing characters from the opera.
Bound in following last page: [5] leaves containing pasted-on "Press notices and clippings [re. production at Music Hall, Orange, N.J.], April 12, 1882, C.M.K."
Laid in: New Year greeting card from I.R. Brussel, dated 1967.