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196pp. Library binding. Beautiful illustrations by Nadejen. Foxing on some pages. This 1925 first edition of "Porgy" from the Madison High School library of Madison, Florida, was purchased in the adjacent city of Greenville, the childhood home of Ray Charles. Book was the basis of Gershwin's 1935 opera "Porgy & Bess." Dog-eared by many student readers and well-read and completely legible and intact. Typical school library stamps, includes checkout card that ends circa 1967; removed from circulation most likely because of extensive use of the N-word by book characters, including black characters. An interesting copy with a deep South connection.
Synopsis
Porgy is a novel written by American author DuBose Heyward in 1925, as well as a play Dorothy Heyward helped him to write which debuted in 1927. Even before the play had been fully written, Heyward was in discussions with George Gershwin for an operatic version of his novel, which debuted in 1935 as Porgy and Bess (renamed to distinguish it from the play).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Northwest (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1126
- Title
- Porgy
- Author
- Dubose Heyward
- Illustrator
- Theodore Nadejen
- Format/Binding
- Library binding orange and yellow, white lettering on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 196
- Size
- 7 1/2 x 5 1/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Black Fiction, Porgy & Bess
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / General;
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- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...