Signed book: George Gershwin by Isaac Goldberg. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1931. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8, 305 pages. Magnificently signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the reverse of an opening page bearing a printed caricature, “For Robert Garland, A Baltimore boy who made good in the big city. With admiration, George Gershwin. Sept. 29, 1931.” Remarkably, he has added nine bars from ‘Second Rhapsody,’ adding “Slowly” and “Slow Theme from 2nd Rhapsody.” In fine condition, with Garland stamping his name opposite the signed page and on the title page, and a pencil notation to the first free-end page, light soiling to the boards and spine (a bit heavier in places). The volume is housed in a very nice archival, museum-quality custom-made blue morocco clamshell box. The “Baltimore boy who made good in the big city” praised by Gershwin was a famed New York World-Telegram drama critic originally from Baltimore whose last name...according to one Hollywood legend...was adopted by a young Frances Gumm for her transformation into Judy Garland. A one-of-a-kind and beautifully preserved example signed in the midst of Gershwin’s most successful years. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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