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SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF PORGY AND BESS. GERSHWIN, GEORGE. 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess: An Opera ...
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SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF PORGY AND BESS. GERSHWIN, GEORGE. 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess: An Opera in Three Acts. Libretto by Du Bose Heyward. Lyrics by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Production Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Random House, 1935. 4to (310 x 231 mm). Original red roan stamped in blind to spine and upper cover, black and gold label to upper cover, top edge silver. Minor thumbing and toning to pre- and post-lims, rubbing and wear to hinges and head and tail of spine, in custom clamshell box. LIMITED EDITION, number 196 of 250, SIGNED by Gershwin, Heyward, Ira Gershwin and Mamoulian. The highly desirable limited edition of Gershwin's operatic masterpiece, released the same year as the original production. Porgy and Bess introduced the Gershwin classics 'Summertime,' 'I Got Plenty o' Nuttin,'' 'Bess, You is my Woman Now,' and 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' among others. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF PORGY AND BESS. GERSHWIN, GEORGE. 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess: An Opera in Three Acts. Libretto by Du Bose Heyward. Lyrics by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Production Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Random House, 1935. 4to (310 x 231 mm). Original red roan stamped in blind to spine and upper cover, black and gold label to upper cover, top edge silver. Minor thumbing and toning to pre- and post-lims, rubbing and wear to hinges and head and tail of spine, in custom clamshell box. LIMITED EDITION, number 196 of 250, SIGNED by Gershwin, Heyward, Ira Gershwin and Mamoulian. The highly desirable limited edition of Gershwin's operatic masterpiece, released the same year as the original production. Porgy and Bess introduced the Gershwin classics 'Summertime,' 'I Got Plenty o' Nuttin,'' 'Bess, You is my Woman Now,' and 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' among others. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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