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| Chuck Jones Argosy Book Store listing accessed July 6, 2026 |
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Showing posts with label Argosy Book Store. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Argosy Book Store. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Chuck Jones: Coyote Catches Road Runner by Tom Shales of the Washington Post
Back in 1975, animator Chuck Jones presented Tom Shales of the Washington Post with the ultimate compliment to a journalist. The original pencil drawing of everyone's favorite persistent coyote at his moment of triumph is available from Argosy Books.
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Miguel Covarrubias: Economy of the Pacific
Miguel Covarrubias created the illustrated map Economy of the Pacific for the World's Fair Golden Gate International Exposition held in 1939-1940. It was also published as the centerfold of Fortune magazine in the May 1939 issue. Argosy Book Store of Manhattan has one on hand available for purchase.
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| Miguel Covarrubias Economy of the Pacific Fortune, May 1939 |
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| Miguel Covarrubias Argosy Book Store listing accessed December 21, 2025 |
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Saturday, December 20, 2025
Thomas Nast: Christmas, 1863
Thomas Nast's spread over two pages in Harper's Weekly late in 1863 presents us with images of Christmas during the Civil War. Here is a series of vignettes which show his appeal as a storyteller.
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| Christmas, 1863 Thomas Nast Harper's Weekly, 1863, pp. 824-825 |
How common was it to be able to get a furlough for Christmas in 1863? Was household prosperity really all that we see here? Certainly the reality must have been harsher for many, but Nast gives his readers a story they want to believe in. And his Santa Claus creation makes an appearance as well.
The print is available form Argosy Book Store.
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| Thomas Nast Argosy Book Store listing accessed May 29, 2025 |
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Sunday, May 11, 2025
William Steig: Mother and Child
Original art by William Steig celebrates that special relationship between mother and child. A woman is shown sleeping in bed with her baby. It is a published piece, with printer's marks, from an unknown publication. The splendid drawing is unsigned; perhaps it is a book illustration. It is available from Argosy Book Store in New York.
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| William Steig |
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| William Steig Argosy Book Store item description accessed May 10, 2025 |
Note: If you know where this drawing by William Steig was published, please let me know. After you've called your mother.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Otto Soglow: The Little King for A. Atlas Leve
Argosy Book Store has listed a souvenir drawing by Otto Soglow of his beloved character the Little King. It is dedicated to A. Atlas Leve, a coin, stamp, and currency dealer. The piece is framed and glazed, and the paper shows some toning. Argosy dates it to the 1930s. The Little King first appeared in The New Yorker and the popular feature was later syndicated as a comic strip.
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| "To A. Atlas Leve from O. Soglow" |
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| Otto Soglow Argosy Book Store listing accessed April 8, 2025 |
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Friday, November 1, 2024
A Typed Letter From J. D. Salinger to Edith Oliver
On June 8, 1960, celebrated writer J. D. Salinger wrote to theater and film critic Edith Oliver at her office at The New Yorker on West 43rd Street. He sent a typed letter, signed Jerry, along with a black and white Polaroid of his children. It was mailed from his home in Windsor, Vermont. The letter and photograph are offered for sale with the original mailing envelope for $8,000 by Argosy Book Store in New York City.
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| J. D. Salinger Argosy Book Store listing accessed October 25, 2024 |
Note: At the time of posting, this letter by J. D. Salinger is still available from Argosy Book Store.
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