George Gershwin, with Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, PORGY AND BESS: AN OPERA IN THREE ACTS, Production directed by Rouben Mamoulian (NY: Random House, 1935) #116 of an edition of 250 copies, signed by the Gershwin brothers, Heyward, and Mamoulian on the limitation leaf. Folio, full red pebbled morocco with title onlay in gilt black leather on upper board and a blind stamped vignette at lower right corner. Includes slipcase covered with straw-cloth

Title page has two parallel creases. Text is otherwise fine, with good clear signatures on the limitation leaf. Binding shows signs of age and leather drying at the ends of the spine, with a slight bubbling of the leather on the spine (a manufacturing flaw). Lacks title label on spine. The slipcase is rather worn