In a recent eBay listing, copies of the cartoon collections
When Were You Built? (1948) by
Helen E. Hokinson and
"Oh, Happy, Happy, Happy!" (1980) by
Charles Saxon were offered at auction in far from pristine condition. They nevertheless were desirable copies, containing two of the harder-to-find
New Yorker cartoonist signatures.
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| Cartoon collections When Were You Built? (1948) by Helen E. Hokinson and "Oh, Happy, Happy, Happy!" (1980) by Charles Saxon |
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Helen E. Hokinson, When Were You Built? (1948)
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| Helen E. Hokinson's signature |
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"I just want to say that I'm perfectly willing to serve as treasurer, provided
every penny doesn't have to come out exactly even."
| Helen E. Hokinson, When Were You Built? (1948) title page | |
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"Surely you can't have misplaced the Eighteenth Armored "Elizabeth Connor McMeekin, '15?"
Division again, Miss MacEldowny!" "Present. After graduation, I started to take an M.A.
at Teachers College, but gave it up to marry Roy McMeekin,
Cornell '12. My husband was only a plant engineer with the
telephone company at the time and had not yet become an
executive. We lived in Columbus, Ohio, until 1927, when Mr.
McMeekin was called to New York, and we built a home in
Westchester. 1 have two children, a girl, Elsie, aged nineteen,
and a boy, Donald, aged seventeen. I want to say that I think
this Alpha Delta Alpha alumnae picnic wonderful idea and
that Penny Trowbridge should be congratulated on getting it
up. I hope we can get together next summer and repeat it
with all the same people."
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Charles Saxon, "Oh, Happy, Happy, Happy!" (1980)
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| Charles Saxon's signature |
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Charles Saxon, "Oh, Happy, Happy, Happy!" (1980)
Title page |
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| Picasso at the Museum of Modern Art |
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Helen E. Hokinson and Charles Saxon
eBay Listing Ended June 14, 2017
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Helen E. Hokinson and Charles Saxon
eBay Item Description |
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eBay Bid History
One bid |
Note: Wouldn't you know it? I didn't record this seller's eBay auction of the rare book signed by
Mary Petty. Did any reader happen to grab a photo or two?
By the way, I'm always looking for scans and photographs of rare and unusual books by the likes of
Helen E. Hokinson, Charles Saxon, Mary Petty, and other
New Yorker artists. I'd be more specific, but often the most wonderful finds are things I never dreamed were out there.
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