Our friend David from Manhattan writes about his copy of a 1970 book personalized by New Yorker cartoonist Warren Miller with a very nice drawing and an inscription on the front free endpaper. The title cartoon is based on one originally published in The New Yorker of April 13, 1968. David writes:
Prince and Mrs. Charming has remained my favorite book title for a cartoon collection, so it was a happy surprise to see this on eBay. Newton Brand, Jr., a Texas banker who died in 2011, must have had some persuasive powers to get Mr. Miller to draw this, then mail it back with an apology for taking so long. The price of $30.45 incl. tax and shipping didn't hurt of course.I assumed that Miller is like most cartoonists—happy to oblige with a drawing and/or a signature, but no. A search of the BookFinder website yielded not a single signed book by him. Curious. I guess that Texan really was persuasive.
Agreed. I would only add that a search through the archives of Attempted Bloggery finds Miller's signature only in two copies of The New Yorker Album of Drawings 1925-1975, each signed by a total of five cartoonists. Could that have been the only book signing he attended?
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| Scan by David from Manhattan |
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| Scan by David from Manhattan |
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| Scan by David from Manhattan |
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| The New Yorker, April 13, 1968 Scan by David from Manhattan |
The eBay listing has similar images:
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| Warren Miller eBay listing ended August 14, 2020 |
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| Warren Miller eBay item description |
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| [End of eBay listing] |
Note: Thanks to David from Manhattan for today's contribution, his 40th. I knew him back when.
As they're apparently so uncommon, Attempted Bloggery seeks images of other books signed by Warren Miller. And if there should happen to be an interesting story behind the book, or a drawing in the book, let me know that too.
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