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06669New York: Atheneum 1973. With All Best and Affection" - Ira Gershwin to Leslie Bricusse<br /> A Companion Association Volume to The Gershwin Years<br /> <br /> GERSHWIN George & Ira. The Gershwins. By Robert Kimball and Alfred Simon. Designed by Bea Feitler. New York: Atheneum 1973. <br /> <br /> First edition. Folio 12 x 9 inches; 305 x 229 mm. xlii 1 1 blank 1-292 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout. <br /> <br /> Publisher's red cloth covers and spine stamped in metallic purple gray endpapers top edge stained purple. A fine copy in the original pictorial dust jacket spine minimally faded small closed tear to lower front panel.<br /> <br /> Inscribed on the first blank leaf:<br /> <br /> "For Leslie Bricusse / With all Best / and affection / Ira Gershwin / Beverly Hills Sept. 26 1973."<br /> <br /> A warm and direct presentation from Ira Gershwin to Leslie Bricusse - notably dated the same day as the more elaborate inscription in The Gershwin Years suggesting a single meeting or presentation occasion in Beverly Hills.<br /> <br /> A superb composer-to-composer association copy reinforcing the connection between: Ira Gershwin half of one of the most influential songwriting partnerships in American history and Leslie Bricusse a leading lyricist of the postwar generation Goldfinger Doctor Dolittle Willy Wonka.<br /> <br /> The inscription - simple affectionate and unforced - contrasts nicely with the more playful literary inscription in the companion volume together offering a rare dual portrait of Gershwin's voice: personal and performative.<br /> <br /> The Gershwins is the great large-format visual and documentary companion to the Jablonski/Stewart biography - richly illustrated with detailed song copyright listings and archival imagery. <br /> <br /> Designed by Bea Feitler it stands as one of the most visually striking Gershwin publications of the period. New York: Atheneum, 1973 unknown
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