Signed book: Of Thee I Sing. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 214 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “For Lil and Jim, with love, from Ira.” Gershwin also adds a small original portrait of himself bowing, adding the place and date below, “The Parsonage-on-Shrewsbury, Rumson, N. J., June 12, 32.” Autograph is bold and in fine condition; book has cracked hinges, peeling to spine, and significant paper loss and tears to brittle dust jacket, otherwise very good condition. RR Auction COA.
