London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1969). Reprint. Cloth, fine, dust jacket with long closed tear. From lyricist Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
London: Herbert Jenkin, (1957). First edition. Cloth, fine in lightly worn dust jacket. Inscribed to Ira Gershwin by Lawrence Stewart, then his archivist. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. First edition. Illustrated boards, very good. From lyricist Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1964. First edition. Cloth, fine in near-fine dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate and Hunter's Books receipt for his purchase. More
New York: Brentano's, 1927. First American edition, from British sheets. Green cloth, faded, front hinge cracked. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Appleton, 1888. First American edition. Green cloth, gilt, very good. With Lou Paley's ownership mark. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1948). Clorth, very good in dust jacket. With a full-page inscription to Ira and Lee Gershwin, signed "Richard". The writer apologizes for "becoming unpleasantly heated and loud on the subject of 'criticism'" and goes on with criticism of critics. We think this might be the writer... More
New York: Blaisdell, (1962). First edition. Cloth, fine in lightly used jacket, strategy cards present in pocket on rear endpaper. Presentation note to Ira Gershwin from Allen Chellas. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1964. First edition. Cloth and boards, fine in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Lee and Ira Gershwin. More
New York: George Sully, (1906). Several publishers issued printings of this book dated 1906. Cloth, cover label, ring mark but a good copy. The rear endpaper has a four-word rhyme experiment in Ira Gershwin's hand, and a telephone number. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Chicago: Reilly and Britton, (1911). First edition. Stiff wrappers with yapped edges, a bit marked, small chip from the base of the spine. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Putnam, n.d. Reprint, using English sheets. Cloth backed boards, hinge cracked. Inscribed from Lou and Emily Paley to Lee and Ira Gershwin. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: McBride, (1942). First edition. Cloth, very good. With Ira Gershwin's ownership signature. More
New York: Barnes, (1955). First edition. Cloth, fine in spine- faded dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Doran, (1918). First edition. Cloth, faded and rubbed. Frontispiece by Florence Lundborg and many other illustrations. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1921). Green cloth, very good. Bookplate of Carl and Sonya Hovey. An influential anthology. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Cambridge: University Press, 1905. First edition. Red cloth, near fine. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. A model in title and (somewhat) in structure for Ira Gershwin's "Lyrics on Several Occasions." More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth backed boards, crack in endpaper, else near fine. One of 750 copies numbered and signed by Tomlinson. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931. Cloth, fine. Author's signed compliments card on front endpaper.From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Scribner's, 1907. First edition. Red cloth, gilt, very good, minor staining. With Ira Gershwin's ownership signature and address, dated 1923. Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg "shared a special interest in a long line of light, satirical poetry from Renaissance parodists and W.S. Gilbert to the latest newspaper verse... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1941. First edition. Black cloth, spine faded, very good. 999 pp. With Ira Gershwin's ownership signature. More
New York: Fleet, (1951). First edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket. Signed. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Knopf, 1923. First edition. Decorated cloth, very good. Inscribed to George Gershwin by the songwriter Milton Ager. More