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
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: 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
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
New York: Hermitage Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. near fine copy in lightly chipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Crowell, (1963). First edition. Fine in lightly used dust jacket. Inscribed by Machlis [to "Mabel"?]. More
New York: Random House, 1946. First edition. Cloth, very good. With author Arthur Kober's faintly pencilled signature. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1941). First edition. Cloth, endpapers stained from enclosure, else fine, in dust jacket. Ticket stubs enclosed as bookmark [?]. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Black-and-white publicity shot, posing with guitar, 8 by 10 inches. Inscribed in the lower margin: "To my friend Lee Varon, best wishes, Carlos Montoya." Creased at one corner, barely touching the image, otherwise fine. Spanish flamenco guitarist Montoya (b. 1903) gave recitals in the U.S., South America, and Japan. Signed..... More
Washington: The Robert Owen Lehman Foundation, 1964. First edition. Cloth, covers scratched, else fine, From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More