Presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed by the author to his friend George Gershwin: 'For George Gershwin. America’s first great composer'. Original red, gilt stamped cloth (minor spots on upper side); original pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ralph Barton (very minor edge wear); inlaid and painted pictorial green morocco folding box reproducing the design of the dust jacket, signed Peartree. Provenance: George Gershwin (1898-1937; authorial inscription of endpaper dated October 16 1924) — Barry Humphries (1934-2023; bookplate)
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