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Monday, January 1, 2024

Lea and Ira Gershwin's Copy of Carry On, Jeeves! by P. G. Wodehouse

With the new year come new post-holiday sales to torment the insolvent. For any who somehow still have reserves of cash in the bank, though, there are bargains to be had. Peter Harrington of London, for example, offers Lea and Ira Gershwin's lovely copy of Carry On, Jeeves! by P. G. Wodehouse. It has a very desirable full-page inscription made out to one of the author's collaborators and his wife. The price has been significantly discounted but it's still up there.

P. G. Wodehouse
Peter Harrington listing accessed January 1, 2024

https://www.peterharrington.co.uk/carry-on-jeeves-133688.html?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=2024-01-01+-+Sale+Launch&utm_id=01HJ3DQM9S30AFXHAGX1N8SKF8&_kx=7G1UE88cNRdsEEL8Q3aMQw2YiOU6icgku9wdN1MvciE%3D.TYGexm

The price in U.S. dollars

P. G. Wodehouse
Peter Harrington item description

04545

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Ziegfeld Legs: Larry Whittington Proposed New Yorker Cover Art

Cartoonist Larry Whittington never made it into the New Yorker. A cover proposal of his displays women's legs, beach blankets, and the summer sun. Of note, Whittington's sister Marjorie was a Ziegfeld's Follies star of the 1920's, known as "the girl with the million dollar legs." Her legs were insured, according to Alex Jay, for either $250,000 or $50,000. No word though on who, if anyone, posed for her brother's artwork.