George Gershwin (First Trade Binding, In Dj, Inscribed By Ira Gershwin, With Check Signed By George Gershwin

Armitage, Merle (Editor And Designer), Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Paul Whiteman, Walter Damrosch, Dubose Heyward, Irving Berlin, Arnold Schoenberg, Serge Koussevitzky, And Jerome Kern, With George Gershwin Signed Check

Published by London- New York-Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co. 1938, 1938

About this Item

252 Pp. Red And Yellow Cloth [First Binding], With Yellow Dj Printed In Red And Black. Correct Alignment Of Black Printing On Tile Page ("Painting By Siqueiros" Does Not Touch The Illustration, But Does In The Limited Editon). Inscribed By The Dedicatee, Ira Gershwin, And Signed, With His Characteristic Drawing Of Himself Bowing, Dated In 1953, As A Gift From Ira Gershwin To A Friend Of His Then-Archivist Lawrence Stewart, And With A George Gershwin Signed Personal Check, 1934, Laid In Loosely As An Additional Personal Gift From Ira Gershwin. Merle Armitage's Well-Designed And Edited Collection Of Tributes To George Gershwin From Luminaries Including His Brother Ira, Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Paul Whiteman, Walter Damrosch, Dubose Heyward, Irving Berlin, Arnold Schoenberg, Serge Koussevitzky, And Jerome Kern. Book Is Very Good +, Light Wear At Corners; Dj Very Bright Yellow, Very Clean, Without The Usual Browning To Spine, Light Wear, Short Corner Tears, And Tiny Losses At Corners.

Seller Inventory # 008119

Bibliographic Details

• Title: George Gershwin (First Trade Binding, In Dj, Inscribed By Ira Gershwin, With Check Signed By George Gershwin
• Publisher: London- New York-Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co. 1938
• Publication Date: 1938
• Language: English
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Photographs And Reproductions
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music
  • Rare And Unusual Books