Porgy (FIRST EDITION, MODERN LIBRARY)

DuBose Heyward

Published by The Modern Library, 1934

About this Item

STATED FIRST EDITION, THE MODERN LIBRARY, 1934. Hardcover. Bound in burn red publisher's cloth with a gilt illustrative silhouette on the cover. Gilt lettering on the spine. Red top stain. Endpapers bear an orange and off white illustrated pattern. Each chapter begins with an illustration in black and white. Type is a medium sized font. 196 pp. Illustrated dust jacket is off white with pink, green and dark violet, almost brown accents. Protected by a mylar cover. DJ has 225 as called for in Taledano. FROM THE DUST JACKET: "The swarming Negro life of Catfish Row in Old Charleston provided DuBose Heyward with the material for what first became a distinguished American novel, then a highly successful play under the aegis of the Theatre Guide, and now in its final incarnation, simultaneous with its admission to the Modern Library, a truly indigenous opera by the gifted composer, George Gershwin. Porgy is steeped in the atmosphere of one of the few really individual cities left in the United States. Heywood Broun calls it 'the most moving and admirable book about Southern Negroes that I have ever read'." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dubose Heyward. In the early 1920's, two obscure young men collaborated on a book of verse - Carolina Chansons. One was to become famous as the author of Porgy and the other was to create something of a modern publishing miracle with a novel, Anthony Adverse. DuBose Heyward's first ventures in verse and all his later prose have their origin and being in Charleston, South Carolina, the city of his birth. it was there he wandered as a boy through its quaint narrow streets and along its wharves in the harbor. Heyward left school at fourteen and drifted from job to job along the waterfront, sometimes with a steamboat line and again as a checker in a cotton shed. It was only after he had grown into manhood and had made a success in the insurance business that he could afford the leisure to write of the city whose pulse was his own." (From the introductory pages). CONDITION: Book is fine on exterior, but sadly, leaf 33/34 has a big tear which has been repaired with tape. Thus book is VG. Dust jacket is also VG showing some chipping at the head, and spine discoloration. Even still, this is a lovely, unmarked copy. Binding is tight, and fits comfortably in hand. Pagination is complete, and text is bold. The dust jacket is lovely and charming. A delightful copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Seller Inventory # 068827

Bibliographic Details

Title: Porgy (FIRST EDITION, MODERN LIBRARY)

Publisher: The Modern Library

Publication Date: 1934

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition, The Modern Librar.