Porter, Cole

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6,000 - 8,000 USD

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Description

Porter, Cole
Red Hot and Blue. A Musical Comedy. New York: Random House, 1936
Paper, Ink, Silk

4to. Publisher's red, white, and blue silk, stamped in gilt; very slight fading to spine, slightest wear to edges, and white silk ribbon. Title-page printed in red, blue and black. In a cloth folding case, with quarter-morocco slipcase.

Catalogue Note

First edition of Porter's well-known musical score. Number 206 of 300 copies signed by the composer. Featuring favorites such as "It's De-Lovely," "What a Great Pair We'll Be," and "Red Hot and Blue" from the musical comedy of the same name. In a decorative silk publisher's binding; designed by Ernst Reichl, the German-American book designer behind the first American edition of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. An extraordinarily fine survival of a notoriously fragile binding.