Cole by Porter, Cole; Kimball, Robert -Ed.; Gill, Brendan - Notes - 1972

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket 1972. Hardcover. Nr Fine collectable 2nd prtg, pale blue full cloth decorative silver stamped F & spine; not written-in, u-lined, reprint/club or discard. Very Good silver/blue/purple deco wrapper is mylar-protected, unclipped, lite scuffs & chips at extremities + closed 2 in. Tear on back repaired verso. ; 9.2 x 12.25"; 283 pages; Brendan Gill's graceful and revealing biographical essay sets the tone for a book as stylish, as saucy, as self-confident, and as beguiling as the era. Designed by Bea Fuller. Profusely illust. W/ hundreds of sepia-tone pictures from albums of Linda & Cole Porter published for the first time (eg, Cole & friends dazzling each other and the world at the Palazzo Rezzonico or on the beach at Antibes. Monty, Noel, Elsa, Tallulah, Gerald and Sara...) , facsimiles of original mss. , much musical notation, extensive notes throughout, index. Turquoise linen, silver lettering on spine & front cover, lavender endpapers. Chronology of productions with scenes from the shows, facsimiles & 200 lyrics, discography & alphabetical list of Cole Porter songs. .