In 1961, a portfolio of nine cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Charles Saxon was given to booksellers as a promotion for the New York Times Book Review. The photos, taken by an eBay seller, don't show all the cartoons and crop out parts of some captions, but they're still worth a look.
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| 9 X Saxon |
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| "Mrs. Hartung asks that questions be restricted to non-recent books. She wishes to avoid saying anything that might adversely affect any work in current release." |
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| "Mrs. Hartung asks that questions be restricted to non-recent books. She wishes to avoid saying anything that might adversely affect any work in current release." |
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| "This isn't one of those non-books, is it?" |
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| "All I know about her is that I keep seeing in acknowledgments that she helps make books possible." |
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| "I wonder if you could suggest something to wean me away from Jack Paar." |
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| "This just kills me. A note to myself to read 'To The Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf, and I can't remember why!" |
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| "This isn't one of those non-books, is it?" |
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| Charles Saxon eBay listing ended July 8, 2021 |
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| Charles Saxon eBay item Description |
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