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Porgy and Bess by GERSHWIN George SWIFT Kay

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Title: Porgy and Bess
Author: GERSHWIN George SWIFT Kay
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1935. First Edition. Signed. GERSHWIN, George. Porgy and Bess. An Opera in Three Acts. By George Gershwin. Libretto by DuBose Heyward. Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Production Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Random House, 1935. Folio, original full red morocco, raised bands, black leather label on front cover, top edge gilt. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $48,500.Deluxe limited edition of the piano-vocal score of Porgy and Bess, number 103 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and director Rouben Mamoulian, additionally inscribed by Gershwin to his lover Kay Swift, who was intimately involved in the composition of the piece: For Kay / Best / George / Nov. 1 1935. According to Ohl, best, their code word for love, allowed them to be discreet.This deluxe edition of the piano-vocal score (according to Fuld, no orchestral score has ever been published) was published in 1935, the year of Porgy and Bess premiere, almost simultaneously with the first edition, and is boldly signed on the limitation page (at the rear) by George and Ira Gershwin and the other principal creators of Porgy and Bess: librettist DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Fuld, 539. The recipient, Kay Swift, met Gershwin in 1925. A highly educated beauty of prominent social position, she was not yet known as a songwriter (her first big hit would be in 1929, with ""Can't We Be Friends""). ""If one measures by the dedication of his Song-Book to her, his generous gifts of paintings, manuscripts, and other keepsakes that betokened affection, plus the many hours he spent with her, Gershwin obviously had a special place in his heart for Kay Swift With Kay, Gershwin probably came as close to settling down with one woman as he ever did"" (Schwarz, 190). Swift was extensively involved with the composition of Porgy and Bess, almost from the beginning: Swift was Gershwin's guest at the premiere of the play version (by Heyward's wife). When composing the operamuch of which occurred at a cottage on Swift's country estateSwift was often (in her words) Gershwin's ""soundboard"" for new ideas. ""'He'd call me and tell me to rush over to play the orchestra part of a song. He couldn't sing. Neither could Ira. But we'd all sing Ira's or DuBose Heyward's lyrics, sounding like a chorus of crows Each day, as the work grew, a few of usBill Daly, his close friend and favorite conductor, and myself, Ira, of course, and DuBose Heyward, who wrote the libretto as well as some of the lyrics, were probably present much of the time. It was thrilling to hear the themes develop, the recitatives build into such an inevitable part of the score that they flowed as naturally as spoken words would. The whole sparkled with a fantastic quality of imagination She also had an even more direct part in the opera's development. In addition to listening, singing, and playing the work in progress, Swift sometimes notated portions of pieces for Gershwin, evidently to expedite his later work on the compositions. He believed she wrote faster and more neatly than she could."" Extensive portions of the original manuscript (now in the Gershwin collection at the Library of Congress) are in Swift's hand, demonstrating ""her role as an assistant to the composer and signify the trust he must have placed in her and her notational and musical abilities"" (Ohl, 95-96). During actual production, Swift attended most rehearsals and was present at many of the casting decisions. After the preview run in Boston, it was clear that the four-hour opera was too long, so ""Gershwin, Mamoulian, composer Alexander Steinert, and Kay Swift walked the Boston Common in the early hours of the morning deciding which portions to cut""; one month later, at the premiere in New York, ""Swift was seated between George and Ira"". Later Swift would deliver lectures throughout the country as part of the promotion of Porgy and Bess. ""Ira recalled that she had memorized the entire 559-page score and would be illustrating songs from it at the piano"" (Ohl, 97-98). ""After her yeoman's effort during Porgy and Bess, he presented her with a leather-bound autographed score [the present copy] that reads simply, 'To[sic] Kay. Best. George.' 'Best,' their code word for 'love,' allowed them to be discreet"" (Ohl, 115). Interior fine, spine somewhat toned, light rubbing to spine ends. A near-fine copy with an extraordinary association.

Sketch of the Career of Richard F. Burton by BURTON Isabel BURTON Richard F. RICHARDS Alfred Bates WILSON Andrew BADDELEY St. Clair

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Title: Sketch of the Career of Richard F. Burton
Author: BURTON Isabel BURTON Richard F. RICHARDS Alfred Bates WILSON Andrew BADDELEY St. Clair
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1886. Signed. (BURTON, Richard F.) (BURTON, Isabel) RICHARDS, Alfred Bates, WILSON, Andrew, and BADDELEY, St. Clair. A Sketch of the Career of Richard F. Burton. London: Waterlow & Sons, 1886. 12mo, original black paper-covered boards respined, with Burton's signature printed in gilt on both front and rear. $2000.Second edition, presentation copy of this contemporary biography of Sir Richard F. Burton, with Woodburytype frontispiece portrait, inscribed by his wife, Isabel Burton: ""Robert Mackay Smith with the sincere regard of his affect. friends Richard & Isabel Burton, Nov 9th 1886."" In this contemporary biography, three different authors trace the life, travels and adventures of a ""very extraordinary man, who has toiled every hour and minute distinguishing himself in every possible way. He has done more than any other six men in Her Majesty's dominions, and is one of the best, noblest and truest that breathes"" (page 37). The recipient, Robert Mackay Smith (1802-1888), was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In Burton's 1875 survey of Iceland, Ultima Thule, he writes of ""my friend, Mr. Robert Mackay Smith, [who] kindly lent me a little bell-tent, which had already seen service in Iceland, and which proved uncommonly useful."" (vol. 2, p. 43). ""This is a curious little book, often overlooked in studies of Burton, but it deserves closer attention. Of special note is the frontispiece, pp. 84-96, which prints ['the only scrap of autobiography we have from Burton's pen written very early in life, whilst in India'], and pages 79-82, which contain a 'List of Captain Burton's Works'"" (Casada 369). Woodburytype photographic frontispiece bearing Burton's printed facsimile signatures in English and Arabic. This edition reprints and updates A Short Sketch of the Career of Captain Richard F. Burton by ""An Old Oxonian"" (1880). Penzer, 305-06. Also inscribed: ""L S R 1919, From his affectionate Great Uncle R. M. S.""Interior clean with light offsetting to title page and frontispiece page, not affecting portrait, offsetting to pp. 64-65 from laid in clipping, original paper-covered boards with light restoration.

RELIGION IS THE LIFE OF GOD'S PEOPLE: A SERMON PREACH'D AT BOSTON, IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ; GOVERNOUR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN AND OVER HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND; AND THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, AND THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE PROVINCE AFORESAID, MAY 25TH. 1743. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL by Eells, Nathanael

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Title: RELIGION IS THE LIFE OF GOD'S PEOPLE: A SERMON PREACH'D AT BOSTON, IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ; GOVERNOUR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN AND OVER HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND; AND THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, AND THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE PROVINCE AFORESAID, MAY 25TH. 1743. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL
Author: Eells, Nathanael
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, Printers to the Honourable House of Representatives, 1743. [4], 43, [1 blank] pp. With the half title, as issued. Half title and final leaf foxed. Good+. Two leaves are untrimmed in order to preserve contemporary relevant marginalia. Eels deplores the prevalence of false religions. "Some by dividing the inhabited World into thirty Parts find that nineteen of them are possessed by Heathens," some of them "the Religion of the Mahometans." The Jews, "once the only Covenant People of God ... are become a Proverb of Reproach." One of the most important functions of Rulers is to nurture the practice of "true Christian religion." In the midst of the Great Awakening, Eells warns against "all the Noise & Stir, the strange Agitations and Motions, Screaming and Fainting, and Disorders." Evans 5173. ESTC W29012. Sabin 22006.

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Shyness, what it is , what to do about it by ZIMBARDO, Phillip G.

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Title: Shyness, what it is , what to do about it
Author: ZIMBARDO, Phillip G.
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780201087949
Condition: Near Fine
Description: MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, 1978. Softcover. Near Fine. Later. Near fine in wrappers. Has small sticker on cover.

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