George Gershwin: A Study in American Music
by Isaac Goldberg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, signed by George Gershwin at front flyleaf. Biography of the American composer and pianist, best known for "Rhapsody in Blue" (1924), "An American in Paris" (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera "Porgy and Bess" (1935), written by Isaac Goldberg, an American journalist, author, critic, translator, and editor. Goldberg also was literary editor at the American Freeman from 1923 to 1932 and music reviewer for American Mercury from 1930 to 1932. No dust jacket. Royal blue boards, silver and red ornamentation at spine, rubbing at head and tail.
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- Bookseller
- Owl Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OCB6083
- Title
- George Gershwin: A Study in American Music
- Author
- Isaac Goldberg
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gershwin, signed, biography
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- Tail
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