Lot 228
Gershwin (George) Porgy and Bess, An Opera in Three Acts, one of 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin & Rouben Mamoulian, New York, Random House, 1935
Hammer Price: £3,200
Description
Gershwin (George) Porgy and Bess, An Opera in Three Acts, one of 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward (librettist), Ira Gershwin (lyricist) & Rouben Mamoulian (director), colour frontispiece and illustration on title by George Biddle, original red morocco, black morocco label on upper cover and morocco labels to spine sympathetically renewed with additional spares loosely inserted, bookplate of Gus Kahn to front pastedown, spine a little rubbed and darkened, t.e.g., original straw-covered board slip-case (some light wear to extremities), preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, large 4to, New York, Random House, 1935.
⁂ An association copy, from the collection of the lyricist Gus Kahn (1889-1941) a frequent collaborator with Ira and George Gershwin.
Description
Gershwin (George) Porgy and Bess, An Opera in Three Acts, one of 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward (librettist), Ira Gershwin (lyricist) & Rouben Mamoulian (director), colour frontispiece and illustration on title by George Biddle, original red morocco, black morocco label on upper cover and morocco labels to spine sympathetically renewed with additional spares loosely inserted, bookplate of Gus Kahn to front pastedown, spine a little rubbed and darkened, t.e.g., original straw-covered board slip-case (some light wear to extremities), preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, large 4to, New York, Random House, 1935.
⁂ An association copy, from the collection of the lyricist Gus Kahn (1889-1941) a frequent collaborator with Ira and George Gershwin.
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