Signed book: George Gershwin’s Songbook. First edition, first printing. NY: Random House, 1932. Hardcover with slipcase, 9.75 x 13, 167 pages. Signed in black ink on the limitations page which states that this is number 78 of 300 copies printed. Also signed on this page by the illustrator, Alajalov. Book also includes separate unsigned sheet music, 9 x 12, for Gershwin’s whimsical 1932 composition, “Mischa, Yascha, Toscha, Sascha”. Some mild rubbing and surface loss to corners and spine, some scattered mild toning and foxing to inside pages, and several separations along edges of slipcase, otherwise fine condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
