PORGY AND BESS, AN OPERA IN THREE ACTS [SIGNED]
New York: Random House, 1935. Limited Edition, #97/250. Quarto, 559 pages; VG; bound in publisher's full red morocco, mild wear, primarily to hinges, lacking original leather labels, small white paint drops to tail and lower ridge of spine; spine slightly darkened; housed in scarce straw-covered slipcase, mild wear and rubbing, some loss to straw at extremities; signed limited edition, number 97 of 250 copies, signed by George and Ira Gershwin, librettist DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian; EE consignment; shelved case 0.
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While initially a commercial failure, Porgy and Bess has come to be considered one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century.;