Upright folio.  Softcover. 8.75 x 11.5 inches. 191 pp. With a typed presentation letter on on publisher's letterhead, April 1, 1975, to Harold Arlen from the editor/producer Hugh Fordin (1935-2019). Staining and wear to covers and lower right edge, else very good. A remarkable association copy. 

Arlen wrote many standards of the American Songbook—including “Get Happy,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Stormy Weather,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” and “The Man That Got Away”—which today rank among the best known and loved. His long career took him from Buffalo, New York, to Harlem’s Cotton Club, Broadway stages, and Hollywood film studios. Even with their complex melodies, harmonies, and formal structures, Arlen’s tunes remain accessible and memorable, blending influences from his father’s Jewish cantorial tradition, his experience as a jazz arranger and performer, and peers like George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin. Arlen always emphasized the collaborative nature of songwriting, and he worked with the top lyricists of his day, including Ted Koehler, Yip Harburg, Johnny Mercer, and Ira Gershwin.