New York: Longplayer Publications, 1957. Wrappers, edge worn. Essay by Edward Jablonski. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1955. First edition. Blue cloth, 678 pp. Fine. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Dutton, (1959). First edition. Gathered and sewn, unbound sheets, in dust jacket. Slight offsetting on the front endpaper, otherwise fine. First edition, an advance copy of the author's first book. More
Santa Fe: Soundings Press, 1984. First edition. Wrappers, very good. More
The whole measures 9 3/4 by 7 3/4 inches. Two of the portraits are inscribed: "To G.H.R. Gardener in remembrance of A. Brailowsky. London" and dated November 1938 and April 1943. Tipped to a leaf of sturdier paper (with a truly frightening portrait of Beethoven on the verso). Noted French..... More
Oakland, Calif. Burning Books, 1986. First edition. Wrappers, fine. 383 p. 26 cm. Signed by John Cage on the title page. Edited and designed by Melody Sumner, Kathleen Burch, and Michael Sumner. Interviews with John Cage, Robert Ashley, Interviews are followed by texts (poems, essays, songs) by the interviewees (contains..... More
Boston: Small Maynard, (1915). "Roundup Edition" Revised and enlarged. Original maroon cloth, very good. Laid-in autobiographical printed slip. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Brussels: Elsevier, 1958. Second edition, revised and corrected. Boards, light browning but a very good copy in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Virgil Thomson. With the separately printed section of examples. More
New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1941. First edition. Cloth, 305 pp. Small stain on rear cover, very good. More
Newton, N.J. Yazoo Rcords, 1982. First edition. Set of 36 trading cards, in box, the fronts with portraits drawn by R. Crumb, with biographical and discographic information on the backs. Fine, More
Newton, N.J. Yazoo Rcords, 1980. First edition. Set of 36 trading cards, in box. The fronts of the cards have portraits drawn by R. Crumb, with biographical and discographic information on the backs. Slight wear to box; the cards are all fine. More
New York: Obolensky, (1963). First edition. Red cloth, fine copy in slightly faded dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1955). First edition. Blue cloth, near-fine copy with ownership signature on pastedown, in lightly worn and faded, price-clipped dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: Macmillan, (1972). First edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Lee and Ira Gershwin. Engel, a Broadway composer also conducted (in1951) the longest recording of "Porgy and Bess" until the complete recordings of the 1970s. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth, fine in chipped dust jacket. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Copenhagen: Priors, 1946. Danish edition of the libretto. Pictorial wrappers, very good. Danish translation by Holger Bech. With a letter sending this to Ira Gershwin, and observing the omission of Ira's name from the credits, from Robert Breen, director and producer of the 1952 revival of "Porgy and Bess" More
Tilburg: Nederland's Boekhuis, (1951). First edition. Black cloth, presentation binding, "For Ira Gershwin" gilt stamped on front cover. Inscribed by the author of this life of George Gershwin, to Ira Gershwin, and accompanied by a letter to him sending copies of some early reviews. For much on Pool's active life..... More
Fine.Godunov (1950-1995) danced with the Bolshoi and, following his defection in 1979, with the American Ballet Theater. Subsequently he enjoyed a minor acting career playing villains and madmen in films like Die Hard and Waxwork II. Signed card. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931. First edition. Set of gathered and sewn, untrimmed sheets, very good.From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
New York: John Day, 1930. First edition. Black cloth, blocked in red, very good condition. Publisher's or manufacturer's dummy copy. Comprises the text through page 3 (including George Gershwin's preface, the Table of Contents, with zeroes for page numbers, three illustrations). The striking dust jacket's front and spine panels are..... More
Mainz: B. Schott's Shne, 1959-1972. Five volumes, original cloth, joints worn. The last three volumes were edited by Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht. From the library of Nicolas Slonimsky. Extra shipping required. More
London: Hogarth Press, 1929. First edition. Two volumes, buff cloth wrappers, very good. Ownership signature "G.A. Gresham, Caius". Woolmer 194. More
New York: Garden City Publishing, (1939). First edition stated. Cloth, very good in dust jacket. Inscribed to Ira Gershwin by Harold Arlen. This book contains a biography of George Gershwin by Ferde Grofé. More
Redding, Conn: C.E. Ives, 1922. First edition. Original printed boards with cloth back and paper spine label, 6-1/2 in. x 12 in. 1 score (258 [i.e. 112]) pages ; 31 cm. Light soiling to back cover, corners and spine label show slight wear, else fine. Ives selected these (actually 52..... More
Myra Friedman (1932-2010) was born and raised in St. Louis. After majoring in music at Northwestern University she worked for Decca Records, and then Columbia. In 1968 she went to work for Albert Grossman, Janis Joplin’s manager, where she worked as Joplin’s publicist until Janis’s death in 1970. Her now-standard..... More