Peter Arno Book Promotions

How do you sell a new cartoon book? Take a look at a few vintage ads for books by Peter Arno.

Whoops Dearie!, 1927 The New Yorker, April 30, 1927, page 51

Whoops Dearie!, 1927 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arno-Peter-WHOOPS-DEARIE-1st-Edition-First-Printing-/131623023896?hash=item1ea557f518:m:m9mVZi907I4gNjaFHCtt6tA

France on Ten Words a Day, 1927 The New Yorker, May 21, 1927

France on Ten Words a Day by H. McCarty-Lee, 1927 http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRANCE-ON-TEN-WORDS-A-DAY-BY-H-McCARTHY-LEE-1927-/111905211371?hash=item1a0e1203eb%3Ag%3A0YgAAOSwN81WDs4j&nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Man in the Shower, 1944 The New Yorker, November 4, 1944, page 80

Man in the Shower, 1944 The New Yorker, December 9, 1944, page 107

Man in the Shower, 1944 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peter-Arnos-Man-in-the-Shower-1st-1st-Hardcover-w-Jacket-Humor-Cartoons-1944-/141953303404?hash=item210d13836c:g:dtgAAOxyoA1RQOcQ

Sizzling Platter, 1949 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-Peter-Arno-Sizzling-Platter-Book-Promo-print-ad-/391408294093?hash=item5b21c098cd:m:m5jJdF14C3gAJywP9Qt_8ZA

Holiday book blurb from The New Yorker, December 10, 1949, page 143

Sizzling Platter, 1949 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-Peter-Arnos-Sizzling-Platter-First-Edition-/371593889791?hash=item5684b8c7ff:g:KOcAAOSwJQdXBSmH

Ladies & Gentlemen, 1951 The New Yorker, November 24, 1951, page 159

Ladies & Gentlemen, 1951 http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/photos/2016/04/new-yorker-cartoonist-peter-arno#12

Lady in the Shower, 1967 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Peter-Arno-Cartoon-Book-Promo-Lady-In-The-Shower-Vintage-Print-Ad-/351458745217?hash=item51d492db81

Lady in the Shower, 1967 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-1ST-ED-PETER-ARNO-s-LADY-IN-THE-SHOWER-A-CLASSIC-CARTOON-ARTBOOK-/311575797051?hash=item488b5d5d3b:g:HJ8AAOSwHaBWjxbX

Note:  For good measure, here are some Charles Addams book promotions.

But let's get back to Peter Arno:

Peter Arno's biography by Michael Maslin is coming our way on April 19. Get ready.

Peter Arno will be the subject of a conversation between Michael Maslin and Edward Sorel at Columbia University's Butler Library on April 18.

Peter Arno posts on Ink Spill include some images never before seen on the internet.

Peter Arno is a in full force at Chris Wheeler's Cartoon(ist) Gallery. See many of Arno's books in their rare original dustjackets!

Peter Arno is in April's Vanity Fair.

Peter Arno also made a recent Wall Street Journal article.

Peter Arno posts are presented with pride here on Attempted Bloggery.