ISBN: 9780241896341 - lyrics on several occasions (4 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. 362pp. Red boards, silver lettering on the spine. Light edgewear, othewise near fine.Previousl owner ink inscription on the front free endpaper. Unclipped yellow jacket is bright with light edgewear. . "book gives the lesser-known Gershwin brother (the one who wrote "the words") a chance not only to see his lyrics for such songs as "Embraceable You," "Someone to Watch over Me," and 102 others stand on their own, but also to tell the classic showbiz stories behind each one. Sometimes these take the form of name-dropping personal anecdotes, and sometimes they're accounts of peculiar lyric challenges and how he solved them. Gershwin reveals that the original "dummy" lyric for the tricky "I Got Rhythm" was "Roly-Poly/ Eating solely/ Ravioli/ Better watch your diet or bust." Either as showbiz memoir or pure poetry, Gershwin's book is a delight. Size: octavo. Book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. NOTE: Hardcover edition. ISBN 0241896347. British edition published by Elm Tree Books, 1977. Pages unmarked, modest wear. Cover corners slightly bumped, slight foxing on page edges, else very good condition.

hardcover. Etat : fine. Etat de la jaquette : fine. First. xv + 362 + ix pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1977). First UK edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp xvi, 362, ix. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered silver on spine. ISBN: 0241896347 Very good plus in very good dust jacket, with one tiny chip at lower spine. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Decent copy.