The Low-Down.

(Gershwin.) SHAW (Charles G.)

The Low-Down.

Description: FIRST EDITION, caricature portraits of each subject drawn by Peter Arno, pp. [xii], 289, crown 8vo, original dark blue cloth, backstrip lettered in a lighter shade, Arno illustration (of Anita Loos) on a label inset to upper board, edges a little toned, small amount of cracking to front hinge, good

Publication Details: New York: Henry Holt, 1928

Notes: The copy of George Gershwin, one of the book's subjects - and inscribed to him by the author on the flyleaf: 'To George Gershwin, with all best wishes from Charles G Shaw, March 15 1928'.A series of character portraits by artist and author Charles Green Shaw, which, in addition to Gershwin, include Clarence Darrow, H.L. Mencken, Lillian Gish, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anita Loos, Sinclair Lewis and Cornelius Vandebilt Jr.A superb association copy.