An extraordinary copy of this important and profusely illustrated book. Signed by the authors and by 15 important singers and entertainers associated with the Gershwins! Among those who have signed this book are: Frances Gershwin (sister of George and Ira); Irving Caesar (important lyricist, author of the words to Gershwin's "Swanee," and Youman's "No,No Nanette," which includes "Tea for Two"); Barbara Cook (legendary singer and actress, famous for creating roles in “Candide” and “The Music Man,” among many others); Kay Swift (long-term lover of George Gershwin and the first woman to write the score to a hit Broadway musical, “Fine and Dandy”); Hazel Scott (important pianist and singer, star of many films including “Rhapsody in Blue,” and first African American woman to have her own TV show); Avon Long (Tony-award winning African American actor and singer, who starred in the 1942 Porgy and Bess revival); Larry Kert (actor and singer who starred in the 1957 Broadway production of “West Side Story,” in many original Sondheim productions, and who in 1987 starred in the first complete recordings of Gershwin's “Of Thee I Sing,” and “Let 'Em Eat Cake”); Bette Midler, Doug Henning, Elizabeth Ashley (all of whom starred in a the 1975 Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Tribute to Ira Gershwin); Robert Alda (actor who played George Gershwin in the 1945 film “Rhapsody in Blue” ); Edward Jablonski (Gershwin biographer); William Bolcom (Pulitzer-Prize winning composer). Stunning hardcover volume in very fine condition, with bright orange cloth boards, stamped in metallic purple!