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Peter Arno: Two Together?
Peter Arno's original artwork for a 1946 New Yorker gag has yellowed with age, but the gag itself remains an ageless example of postwar humor. The setting is the dining car on a train passing through a...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #562
Nature-lovers everywhere should appreciate my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #562 for March 27, 2017. The drawing is by Jason Adam Katzenstein."Please tell me you're a flying...
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Born to Run Memoir Signed by Bruce Springsteen
A copy of the signed edition of Bruce Springsteen's autobiography Born to Run (2016) obtained last October at The New Yorker Festival was sold in January on eBay in just twenty-two minutes with the Buy...
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Blood on Snow Signed by Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø's novel Blood on Snow (2015) is the first novel in the Olav Johansen series. I haven't read it, but I have read three books in his Harry Hole series and I enjoyed them.Jo Nesbø,Blood on Snow,...
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National Doctors' Day 2017
Every year on March 30 we celebrate National Doctors' Day. In a 1942 New Yorker cartoon, Otto Soglow salutes physicians both for their courteous professionalism and for their uncanny clinical...
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The African Svelte Signed by Daniel Menaker and Roz Chast
A bibliophile friend of mine happily passes along the advice that one should always try to obtain the best copy of a book one can. I had an opportunity to put this advice to practice in January when I...
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Resplendent Subtlety
Welcome to the world's most popular cultural blog! Please, there's no need to thank me.You know, if there's one complaint I get more than any other—and I get plenty, believe me—it's that I have a...
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eBay 101: Sketchbook of American Humorists
"Life is like that!"—Sketchbook of American Humorists, 1938Sketchbook of American Humorists, 1938https://www.yesterdaysgallery.comNow I don't own a copy of Sketchbook of American Humorists, a 1938...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #563
Gather round—and round—my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #563 for April 3, 2017. The drawing is by Drew Dernavich."Promise you'll call when the power comes back."Having more than the...
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Sight Unseen: Jack Ziegler's You Had Me at Bow Wow "Signed by Author with...
Should you buy a unique book without ever laying eyes on it? "Sight Unseen" is a new feature here at Attempted Bloggery expanding on an experiment I initiated some time back. I'll use a book by the...
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Jack Ziegler Marital Blitz Signed with a Drawing
To the happy couple!Inscribed "Best wishes, Jack Ziegler" with a drawingBookseller ImageMarital Blitz by Jack ZieglerAbeBooks Listing as of March 30,...
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Mr. Knocky Signed by Jack Ziegler with a Drawing
Toasters popped up frequently in Mr. Ziegler’s world. One tells its rapt owner: “No, Tim, you’re not crazy, you’re special! You’re a very special person, Tim. You have a magical, talking toaster and...
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Paul Degen Hits the Links
The 2017 Masters Tournament is currently underway at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. This is the first of the sport's four major championships this year. As if on cue, a drawing by...
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The Lady of the Lake: Charles Addams Original New Yorker Cover Art
Never mind the sword Excalibur; the Lady of the Lake has a more meaningful gift to bestow upon the weekend golfer. The original artwork to Charles Addams's final New Yorker cover has been released from...
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Golf by Clare Briggs
Here's a look at the world of golf as published in 1916 by cartoonist Clare Briggs. It is quite rare to see the volume complete with the original cardboard box.Clare Briggs, Golf. Chicago: P. F....
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #564
Grab a perch and read my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #564 for April 10, 2017. The drawing is by Joe Dator."I can help you send fan mail to J. K. Rowling."And these are the...
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The Family Fang Signed by Kevin Wilson
Do I really want to read this novel? From what I saw of the movie, the parents involve the children in public pranks that create real emotional distress. This strikes me as somewhat abusive. I'm not so...
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Arthur Rackham: The Lapp Woman Wrote a Few Words on a Dried Stockfish
An original illustration by Arthur Rackham for "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen has turned up in the inventory of David Brass Rare Books in California. It dates from Rackham's 1932 edition...
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Peter Arno: Dueling for Publicity
Look what turned up on eBay! A published cartoon by Peter Arno reportedly dating from 1941 is set at a moonlit gun duel. A woman in white delays the proceedings by announcing that the press has yet to...
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Easter Morning: Garrett Price Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
Good Friday comes this month, the old woman runsWith one or two a penny hot cross buns.—Poor Robin's Almanack, 1733Quoted in WikipediaIt's Easter morning in a proposed cover illustration for the New...
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