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199316888New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394556518 . price-clipped nice clean copy minor shelfwear binding starting to pull apart just a teensy bit at top front hinge but still intact small dent at top of rear cover; jacket shows minor creasing light surface wear B&W photographs Massive compilation of Ira Gershwin's entire body of lyrical work -- the words to more than 700 songs nearly 400 of them never before published. NOTE: Additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this large heavy books or for Priority Mail shipping to U.S. addresses; if this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1958WRCLIT37224Garden City: Doubleday 1958. Quarto. Gilt cloth. Frontis by Hirschfeld illustrations. First edition. Near fine in nice dust jacket with a soft crease and a small closed tear. Doubleday hardcover books
1973194745NEW YORK ATHENEUM 1973 1973. DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED; INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD ROGERS; 11 PLATES IN COLOR AFTER ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS BY GEORGE GERSHWIN; OVER 350 B/W PHOTOGRAPHS; CHRONOLOGY OF PRODUCTION DISCOGRAPHY AND PIANOROLLOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY. FIRST EDITION SO STATED VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. NEW YORK, ATHENEUM, 1973 hardcover books
201220890ENew York: Simon & Schuster 2012. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by the author Michael Feinstein and dated by him in the year of publication with a small heart drawing next to his signature. Quarto 351 pages. Illustrated. As new in an as new dust jacket. A loving and insightful history of Ira and George Gershwin by entertainer singer and the “Ambassador of the Great American Songbook†Michael Feinstein related through twelve chapters each highlighting an individual Gershwin song from ‘Strike Up the Band’ 1927 to ‘Love Is Here to Stay’ 1938. Includes a CD of Michael Feinstein’s original recordings of each of the twelve songs profiled in the book. With photographs throughout of personal moments and much rare Gershwin memorabilia Feinstein has collected over the years. As the publisher notes: “Michael Feinstein was just twenty years old 1977 when he got the chance of a lifetime: a job with his hero Ira Gershwin. During their six-year partnership the two became close friends. Feinstein blossomed under Gershwin’s mentorship and Gershwin was reinvigorated by the younger man’s zeal for his and his brother George’s legacy.No other writer could give us such an authoritative inside perspective on these titans of American culture.†Sadly George Gershwin passed away in 1937. In 1986 as a tribute to the music and the men he loved Feinstein recorded his first CD ‘Pure Gershwin’ which was released the following year to great acclaim. He is also a multi-platinum-selling five-time Grammy-nominated recording artist and currently serves as Artistic Director for The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel Indiana. Simon & Schuster unknown books
1930110997New York: The John Day Company 1930. First edition of this work on American popular music. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Introduction by George Gershwin. American composer and pianist George Gershwin's orchestral compositions spanned the genres of popular jazz and classical music and are now considered to be some of the most important musical works of the twentieth century. Gershwin began his career composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and soon became a major figure in musical theatre in New York City and later Hollywood. Gershwin's classic Song-Book is illustrated with full-page color lithographic plates after Constantin Alajalov and includes such Gershwin standards as "Swanee" "Fascinating Rhythm" "That Certain Feeling" "The Man I Love" "Strike Up the Band" and "I Got Rhythm" among others. "In one of his few prose writings George provided an introduction for the song book. What is most important. is that it contained the original published version of each song followed side by side by George's 'improvised' versions of the songs" Carnovale 14. The John Day Company hardcover books
193084308New York: The John Day Company 1930. First edition of this work on American popular music. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Introduction by George Gershwin. Boldly signed "Sincerely George Gershwin" on the dedication page. Additionally signed by conductor Charles Previn and tenor James Melton. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Previn was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions. Melton was a popular singer in the 1920s and 1930s and later began a career as an operatic singer when tenor voices went out of style in popular music around 1932-35. Contemporary bookplate near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. American composer and pianist George Gershwin's orchestral compositions spanned the genres of popular jazz and classical music and are now considered to be some of the most important musical works of the twentieth century. Gershwin began his career composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and soon became a major figure in musical theatre in New York City and later Hollywood. Gershwin's classic Song-Book is illustrated with full-page color lithographic plates after Constantin Alajalov and includes such Gershwin standards as "Swanee" "Fascinating Rhythm" "That Certain Feeling" "The Man I Love" "Strike Up the Band" and "I Got Rhythm" among others. "In one of his few prose writings George provided an introduction for the song book. What is most important. is that it contained the original published version of each song followed side by side by George's 'improvised' versions of the songs" Carnovale 14. The John Day Company hardcover books
