(Gershwin, George) — Isaac Goldberg | Presentation copy, affectionally inscribed

(Gershwin, George) — Isaac Goldberg

George Gershwin: A Study in American Music. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931

8vo. Half-title, inscribed on the verso of the frontispiece by by George and Ira Gershwin in blue ink, with a sketch of a conductor by the latter, in-text illustrations and photographic reproductions; minor browning. Original blue cloth covered boards, upper board with George Gershwin's signature stamped in silver, spine stamped in sliver and red, pictorial endpapers; rubbing to spine, spotting to endpapers.

Presentation copy, affectionately inscribed by George Gershwin: "For my friend Julian Street with the best of good wishes. George Gershwin Oct. 16, 1931." Just below this, alongside a sketch of a bowing maestro, Ira Gershwin has written "Ditto/Ira Gershwin."

Julian Street was a prominent American author and reporter for the New York Mail and Express, heading up their dramatic department in 1900–01. He also contributed to numerous magazines over the course of his career. A member of the Dutch Treat Club, Street had his finger on the pulse of New York's arts scene.