Garrett Price: Drawing Room Only Advertisement

The publisher must have been hoping demand would be standing room only for Garrett Price's cartoon collection Drawing Room Only, published in 1946. An advertisement in the book section of The New Yorker is meant to entice the collection's desired readership.

Garrett Price
The New Yorker, November 30, 1946, page 140

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1946-11-30/flipbook/140/

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Signed by Garrett Price

This should be an easy question. What's the chief selling point of a signed book?  Presumably it's the signature, yes? So if you're selling a rare signed book on, say, eBay, wouldn't it be smart to include a photograph of the signature with your listing?

A signed copy Garrett Price's cartoon collection Drawing Room Only (1946) is being offered for sale on eBay for $58 with the Make Offer option. You can look at the cover all you like, but the signature's appearance is apparently a closely-guarded secret.

Garrett Price, Drawing Room Only, 1946

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150-Cartoons-by-Garrett-Price-1946-Vintage-New-Yorker-style-SIGNED-hHB-w-DJ-46-/170892686737?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item27c9ff7591

Garrett Price, Drawing Room Only, 1946

August 18, 2013 Update:  The eBay seller has added a second photograph to this listing so we can now see the signature. This is just one example of the influence this blog has on the universe.

Garrett Price, Signed title page, Drawing Room Only, 1946

Image added August 18, 2013

October 5, 2013 Update:  Sold!

Note:  There are quite a few examples of signed books on this blog and most of them even include signatures. You can see a few of them here.

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