Chuck's Copy of Peter Arno's Sizzling Platter

It can't be that unusual for a buyer to show up at a book signing and ask the author to inscribe his book to some other recipient not present. On more than one occasion, New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno employed the formulation he uses here, inscribing a copy of Sizzling Platter (1949) "Peter / to Milt / to Chuck / the best! / Peter Arno." This could be a nod to "Tinker to Evers to Chance," the most famous double play combination in the history of baseball, but that is by no means certain.

Faces That Pass in the Bar

"Ah, M'sieu, I have a table for you now."

"Let's not lose our tempers, sir!"

"We'd better get started, dear. Time and tide, you know . . ."

"Don't breathe a word to anyone—it's a nightgown."

"See anything?"

Peter Arno
eBay listing ended April 12, 2023

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Peter Arno
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Note:  What are the odds? This blog's archive boasts another copy of Sizzling Platter serially inscribed by Peter Arno to two recipients just as he did here. A double play!

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Peter Arno Book Promotions

How do you sell a new cartoon book? Take a look at a few vintage ads and other promotions for books by Peter Arno.

Whoops Dearie!, 1927
The New Yorker, April 30, 1927, page 51

Whoops Dearie!, 1927

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arno-Peter-WHOOPS-DEARIE-1st-Edition-First-Printing-/131623023896?hash=item1ea557f518:m:m9mVZi907I4gNjaFHCtt6tA

Not a cartoon collection, but illustrated by Arno:

France on Ten Words a Day, 1927
The New Yorker, May 21, 1927

France on Ten Words a Day by H. McCarty-Lee, 1927

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Advertisement for Peter Arno's Circus
The New York Times Book Review, January 11, 1931

Image added March 18, 2022

Photo by Scott Burns

Advertisement for Peter Arno's Circus
The New Yorker, December 14, 1931, page 91

Image added March 28, 2022

Circus, 1931

Image added March 18, 2022

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"Briefly Noted"
The New Yorker, July 27, 1940, page 68

Image added June 7, 2016

http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1940-07-27#folio=068

Where are the Customers' Yachts? by Fred Schwed, Jr., 1940

Image added May 21, 2017

https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/45386246_wall-street-pilloried-with-peter-arno-illustrations

Man in the Shower, 1944
The New Yorker, November 4, 1944, page 80

Man in the Shower, 1944
The New Yorker, December 9, 1944, page 107

Man in the Shower, 1944

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peter-Arnos-Man-in-the-Shower-1st-1st-Hardcover-w-Jacket-Humor-Cartoons-1944-/141953303404?hash=item210d13836c:g:dtgAAOxyoA1RQOcQ

Sizzling Platter, 1949

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-Peter-Arno-Sizzling-Platter-Book-Promo-print-ad-/391408294093?hash=item5b21c098cd:m:m5jJdF14C3gAJywP9Qt_8ZA

Holiday book blurb from The New Yorker, December 10, 1949, page 143

Sizzling Platter, 1949

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-Peter-Arnos-Sizzling-Platter-First-Edition-/371593889791?hash=item5684b8c7ff:g:KOcAAOSwJQdXBSmH

Ladies & Gentlemen, 1951
The New Yorker, November 24, 1951, page 159

Ladies & Gentlemen, 1951

http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/photos/2016/04/new-yorker-cartoonist-peter-arno#12

Lady in the Shower, 1967

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Peter-Arno-Cartoon-Book-Promo-Lady-In-The-Shower-Vintage-Print-Ad-/351458745217?hash=item51d492db81

Lady in the Shower, 1967

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-1ST-ED-PETER-ARNO-s-LADY-IN-THE-SHOWER-A-CLASSIC-CARTOON-ARTBOOK-/311575797051?hash=item488b5d5d3b:g:HJ8AAOSwHaBWjxbX

Note:  For good measure, here are some Charles Addams book promotions.

But let's get back to Peter Arno:

Peter Arno's biography by Michael Maslin is coming our way on April 19. Get ready.

Peter Arno will be the subject of a conversation between Michael Maslin and Edward Sorel at Columbia University's Butler Library on April 18.

Peter Arno posts on Ink Spill include some images never before seen on the internet.

Peter Arno is a in full force at Chris Wheeler's Cartoon(ist) Gallery. See many of Arno's books in their rare original dust jackets!

Peter Arno is in April's Vanity Fair.

Peter Arno also made a recent Wall Street Journal article.

Peter Arno posts are presented with pride here on Attempted Bloggery.

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