Porgy and Bess

Lot 277
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ID 1032935
Lot 277 | Porgy and Bess
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GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937). Porgy and Bess. An Opera in Three Acts. Libretto by Dubose Heyward. Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Production Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Random House, 1935.

Limited edition, signed by George and Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward, and Rouben Mamoulian. No. 140 of 250 copies.

Quarto (310 x 233mm). Color frontispiece and title-page illustrations by George Biddle. (Soft corner creases to limitation page and some of the prelims.) Original red roan stamped in blind (lacking leather labels on spine and cover, as this title frequently is, hinges tender), original mulberry endpapers, top edge silvered, without publisher's box. Custom red half morocco folding box.
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