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GERSHWIN, George. George Gershwin's Song-Book. Alajalov, Illustrator. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1932. 2o. Frontispiece photograph of Gershwin at the piano, title-page vignette and 16 full-page color illustrations. Original dark blue morocco gilt, upper cover gilt-lettered "George Gershwin's Song-Book," spine gilt-lettered and decorated, front hinge cracked, enclosed in a blue cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 30 of 300 copies, SIGNED BY GEORGE GERSHWIN AND ALAJALOV. Appendix list of Gershwin's published music and a detailed discography; with the often missing 8-page pamphlet, containing the song "Mischa, Yascha, Toscha, Sascha," loosely inserted in a special pocket at back endpaper.