George Gershwin Ira Bose Heyward (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Pictorial Folded Sheet Music; light creasing of corners of sheets; o/w in good condition. Book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Vintage theater program for a presentation of "Porgy and Bess" at the New York City Center by the New York City Center Light Opera Company with Julius Rudel, Musical Director. Starring William Warfield, Leesa Foster, Rawn Spearman, Barbara Webb, Carol Brice and James Randolph. Dated May 22, 1961, Vol. 5, No. 21. Typical theater program with show and cast information, articles on fashion and other subjects, and great vintage ads in color and b/w. Measures 6.5" x 9" with 36 pages. Some browning to pages due to age.

Blue and White Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). First Russian Edition Program. Scarce Program For The Blevins Davis - Robert Breen Production In Moscow In 1956, This Version First Performed In Texas In 1952. Simple Blue And White Cover, Title In White, In Russian On Front Cover, Title In Blue In English On Rear Cover, The Color Red Pointedly Omitted.

Sheet music. Condition: Good. Good condition. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners. Contains light markings in pencil. Staple binding. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.

paperback. Condition: Fair. Spine creased. Top and bottom of spine taped. Cover creased. Notes and pencil marks here and there throughout. Ships Next Business Day.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. No jacket. New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation, 1935. Uncommon in a hardcover binding. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. Professionally rebound in sturdy blue cloth, lettered in white on the spine. 9" wide by 11.75" tall. A solid working copy, especially desirable for those who prefer a hardcover binding. This is a large, heavy book that will be sent by MEDIA MAIL. Priority and International shipment are also available, but ONLY by special arrangement, and at significantly greater cost. Moderate finger soil on the endpapers and edges of the text block. Pencil notes on a few early pages only. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. WITHDRAWN stamp on the rear endpaper. NO pocket. Frontispiece photos of George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Du Bose Heyward. First Edition? No date of publication is indicated. The title page reads, in part: "Porgy and Bess. Vocal Score $12.00. Gershwin Publishing Corporation, Sole Selling Agent, Chappell & Co., Inc., 609 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N.Y." . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Oversize Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 559pp. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. 4to. Staining and toning to wrappers. Fading to wrappers. Slight egdwear to wrappers with light scraping to spine ends and foredges. Slight fraying to spine ends. Spotting to text block. Fading and creasing to spine. Silverfishing to spine. Leaning to spine. Cracking to gutter between pgs. 250-251. Stains to f.f.e.p. and r.f.e.p. VG.

Condition: Good. Grey paper wraps with a black cloth spine. Tears to bottom foredge affecting front cover and first few pages. Wear to cloth on spine (see image), but otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 9.25 x 12 in.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Theatre Guild presents Porgy and Bess. Music by George Gershwin, Libretto by Du Bose Heyward, Lyrics by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, Settings by Sergei Soudeikine, Orchestra Conductor Alexander Smallens, Production Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. [Piano-vocal score]. Small folio. Original publisher's stiff printed grey wrappers with black cloth spine. 4ff. (photographic portrait; r. title, v. woodcut illustration of donkey pulling a man in a cart; r. Index of Scenes, v. Cast of Characters, Index of Songs; r. Story of Porgy and Bess, v. dedication), 559 (music), [i] (blank) pp. First Edition, second issue with the index of songs and without the capitalization of "Negro," in the fourth line of the story. Light soiling to covers, moderate bump/creasing to lower right rear corner. Considerably better condition than most examples of this surprisingly scarce publication.