Bill and Audrey's Copy of The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons

Did I mention that Bill and Audrey were, apparently, friends with New Yorker cartoonist George Booth?

Mike Witte

after Rea Irvin

"To Bill and Audrey!
George Booth."

Title page

Beware! Skittish Dog
George Booth

"Mongrels have it up here."
William Steig

Le Bon Chien
Roz Chast

"First then: the bulk of my estate, excepting certain specific bequest as hereinafter noted, I leave to my true friend and companion, one of God's noblest creatures . . . "
Peter Arno

"Hey, the tide has turned!"
Al Ross

George Booth
eBay listing accessed July 22, 2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/297485891678?_skw=yorker&itmmeta=01K0TKEDQ00Q9689F5Z1CWJC6J&hash=item45438a785e:g:5C8AAeSwP65ofqQ7

George Booth
eBay item description

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George Booth: Part Newfoundland

Cartoonist George Booth knows the proper way to dedicate a copy of The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons. You add a dog cartoon!

The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons
New York:  Knopf, 1998

Inscribed "For Nick [Delbanco] and Ellen [Greenhouse]!
George Booth."
With a drawing of a dog labeled Part Newfoundland

George Booth
AbeBooks Listing Retrieved October 4, 2018

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22467449277&searchurl=kn%3DGeorge%2BBooth%2BNicholas%2BDelBanco%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1

Note:  This is no doubt the most interesting copy of The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons to appear on this blog. It's also the only copy of The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons to appear on this blog. Readers lucky enough to possess other interesting copies of this or other New Yorker books inscribed or drawn in by George Booth or by other New Yorker cartoonists are asked to submit scans or photographs to this blog. Or maybe to some other blog.



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