[MUSIC] GERSHWIN, GEORGE. 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. 4to, 311 x 234mm. (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.), original's maroon bubble-grain cloth, joints and extremities scuffed, upper inner hinge cracked, a few corners creased slightly. LIMITED EDITION, no. 21 of 235 copies signed on the colophon leaf by George and Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian, color halftone frontispiece and title illustration after George Biddle, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER on front flyleaf "To Mrs. John Pratt-- My sincere good wishes, George Gershwin Oct. 16 1935".

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[MUSIC] GERSHWIN, GEORGE. 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. 4to, 311 x 234mm. (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.), original's maroon bubble-grain cloth, joints and extremities scuffed, upper inner hinge cracked, a few corners creased slightly. LIMITED EDITION, no. 21 of 235 copies signed on the colophon leaf by George and Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian, color halftone frontispiece and title illustration after George Biddle, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER on front flyleaf "To Mrs. John Pratt-- My sincere good wishes, George Gershwin Oct. 16 1935".