Attempted Bloggery: The Deluxe Edition of The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons

Sunday, April 26, 2020

The Deluxe Edition of The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons

The deluxe edition of The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons (2018) is distinguished from the regular edition by three portfolios of signed, limited edition cartoon prints by Roz Chast, Bruce Eric Kaplan, and Bob Mankoff. The prints are each published in an edition of 1,000 with printed limitation numbers and original ink signatures. The deluxe edition was first published at $800 but the price has come down to just over $500. Initially there was no way for buyers to know which cartoon prints were included without making the purchase, but now photographs on eBay tell the story.

The deluxe edition has a wider slipcase to accommodate the three cartoon prints:

Many of us in the old school believe limitation numbers should be handwritten and not printed.

The Encyclopedia's compiler, former cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, has included a print of his most famous cartoon.

Roz Chast is one of the magazine's most popular cartoonists:

The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons
eBay Listing Accessed April 25, 2020

https://www.ebay.com/p/242751296?iid=254448498024

eBay Item Description

Well, no, the book isn't really Anne of Green Gables. Sellers who submit multiple listings can be forgiven such slips. As, I've mentioned once before, the publisher's promotional copy incorrectly cites the earliest New Yorker cartoons as dating from 1924 rather than 1925. This error goes back to 2018 and was never corrected.

There is one and only one product rating and it's 5 stars. This suspiciously positive feedback is from palindromic eBay user zoeyyeoz. Make of that what you will.

Guess what? The only individual to leave feedback, zoeyyeoz, is no longer a registered eBay user.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/zoeyyeoz?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

These three cartoons were originally published in the New Yorker in the 1990s. The printed signatures on all three cartoons were removed for the limited edition to avoid having a redundant printed signature alongside the handwritten one.