*and the people who live with them
That ridiculous pair of asterisks in The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons: *and the people who live with them (2001) makes it one of the most ungainly titles in the series. Not to worry; the book is far better than the title might lead one to believe. This volume is published by Bloomberg Press—whatever happened to him? The introduction is by Roz Chast and the cover cartoon is by Jack Ziegler.
In this case the opportunity to add an additional copy of this book to my library sight unseen was not a difficult one. The copy inscribed "To Isabel" comes, we are told by the Rochester bookseller, "with original drawing of large dog and smiling cat leaning on it, signed by Danny Shanahan who has 4 cartoons in this collection. Clean and bright copy." That's quite an upside. The downside? Twenty dollars plus shipping. All my decisions should be so confoundedly tricky.
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| The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons *and the people who live with them (2001) |
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| The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons *and the people who live with them AbeBooks listing accessed February 23, 2020 |
Last week the book in question safely arrived at my home and all my expectations have been met. I do believe it was worthwhile purchasing an additional copy of this book sight unseen for reasons the following photograph alone should more than make clear:
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| Index of Artists The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons *and the people who live with them (2001) |
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| Jack Ziegler The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons *and the people who live with them (2001) |
Note: Fear not. Attempted Bloggery will continue to scour the countryside, or at least the book listings, for interesting copies of The New Yorker Book of [Whatever] Cartoons, that impossibly large series of small cartoon collections produced for years upon years by the Cartoon Bank while none of us were paying attention. Readers are kindly asked to check their own libraries and bookshelves for distinctive copies of these books personalized with inscriptions or drawings by New Yorker cartoonists.
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