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Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Description: The Pirates of Penzance can't seem to make a decent living at piracy. The youngest pirate, Frederick, who has completed his pirate apprenticeship and is now free to leave and make an honest living, tells the group the reason for their failure is they are too honourable and soft-hearted. The story line is told in prose, with bits of the songs interspersed. Includes a few notes on some of the more difficult or outdated Victorian terms in the songs. Illustrated in color by Edward Sorel. BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is faded at the spine; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. Color illustrated endpapers. about 11 inches tall by 9.25 inches wide. about 26 pages (unpaginated).…