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| Edward Gorey Reilly Books listing accessed October 6, 2024 |
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Showing posts with label Yale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yale. Show all posts
Saturday, October 5, 2024
George's Copy of Phantasmagorey: The Work of Edward Gorey
Phantasmagorey: The Work of Edward Gorey is a 1974 catalogue compiled by Clifford Ross. It is not likely to be found in the library of the casual Edward Gorey collector. A copy offered by Reilly Books of Richmond is unusual in that Gorey did not strike out his printed name when signing it, something we saw in the only other copy of the book on this blog which is fairly typical for the author. It is also rare in that is the first signed Gorey book we have seen here that is personalized with a short inscription: "For George." For anyone mulliing the purchase of Phantasmagorey, this might just be the copy to own.
Friday, June 15, 2018
The Harvard-Yale Game: Helen E. Hokinson Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
The annual Harvard-Yale football game is of surpassing interest to those with a stake in either venerable institution but, for the rest of us, there is potentially some difficulty in deciding which team to root for. To an outsider, there just doesn't seem to be all that much qualitative difference between the schools. This is the critical point, it would seem, of Helen E. Hokinson's undated cover proposal for the New Yorker. After all, one never wants to be caught waving the wrong banner.
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| Helen E. Hokinson New Yorker cover proposal |
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| Helen E. Hokinson Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers Manuscript and Collectibles Auction Sale 30, April 30, 2005, Lot 1238 |
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Thursday, March 8, 2018
E. Simms Campbell in Black and White: Esquire Cartoons from 1935
The year starts off in January with a sugar daddy cartoon:
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| E. Simms Campbell "Why, you darling! I can take this back and exchange it for just what I want!" Esquire, January 1935, page 121 |
How often does one see an African tribe cartoon drawn by an African-American cartoonist?
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| E. Simms Campbell "He's been that way ever since he went to Oxford[.]" Esquire, February 1935, page 105 |
The worldly bellboy announces the play-by-play.
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| E. Simms Campbell "Why, th' big dummy——th' big greenhorn!" Esquire, January 1935, page 147 |
You just can't please some people.
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| E. Simms Campbell "—and tell 'em this last brandy was lousy[.]" Esquire, February 1935, page 97 |
What a wardrobe malfunction looked like in 1935:
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| E. Simms Campbell "Well, you aren't saying anything——tell me what you think of it[.]" Esquire, February 1935, page 161 |
Uh-huh.
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E. Simms Campbell
"Thank God I'm a bachelor[.]"
Esquire, March 1935, page 31
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How to throw a doctor off his game:
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| E. Simms Campbell "Just be calm, Mrs. Marsden—I'll be with you just as soon as I answer the phone[.]" Esquire, March 1935, page 87 |
The old drunk-at-a-costume-party routine:
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| E. Simms Campbell "Y' jush been standin' there all evening—why'ncha grab a girl an' dance?" Esquire, March 1935, page 111 |
How uncomfortable!
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| E. Simms Campbell The Tight Shoe Esquire, March 1935, page 127 |
Making fun of the large woman with a taste for the petite:
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E. Simms Campbell
"My deah boy—these simply tear me to pieces!"
Esquire, April 1935, page 75
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Here's Esquire's little insight into how to drive your bartender crazy:
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E. Simms Campbell
"She ordered it because it had a cute name[.]"
Esquire, April 1935, page 107
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It's no funnier in the Arctic:
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E. Simms Campbell
"Pre-shrunk—bah! I told you to get it half a size larger[.]"
Esquire, April 1935, page 127
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Military discipline isn't what it used to be, if it ever was...
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| E. Simms Campbell "Young man—if you work any more around here after hours—you're fired!" Esquire, July 1935, page 115 |
Radio days:
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| E. Simms Campbell "—we're going off the air, folks, but remember—send the cardboard wrappers to the Titsa Bitsa Biscuit Company[.]" Esquire, August 1935, page 121 |
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| E. Simms Campbell "We got to go back to the village again—he's forgotten his wrist watch[.]" Esquire, August 1935, page 127
Onward and upward:
Prosperity is just around the corner...
A new relic:
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Sensitive ears:
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| E. Simms Campbell ". . . so I said, O. K. Toots—get out and walk then[.]" Esquire, October 1935, page 23 |
A witty retort from 1935. But what on earth is she doing?
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| E. Simms Campbell "Madam, are you in quest of a kick in the pants?" Esquire, 1935, page 24B |
Ah, Romance!
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| E. Simms Campbell "My husband, poor dear—he's working late again[.]" Esquire, 1935, page 54 |
Put a helpless husband in the kitchen and you have an instant gag:
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| E. Simms Campbell "Yes, dear, I know how buyers are—but you will be home this evening?" Esquire, 1935 |
To the Esquire reader, a hazard of working late at the office is receiving a proposition from the cleaning staff. Presenting the woman as lower class and promiscuous is one thing, but her being overweight is supposed to be the joke. Why? Is this an "If only it were someone else" moment? And since when does Psst take an apostrophe?
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| E. Simms Campbell "P'sst[.]" Esquire, 1935, page 112 |
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| E. Simms Campbell "But honey—I can't afford no cloth coat this year!" Esquire, 1935, page 42 |
It's hard to believe that this sort of joke is still at the forefront of American humor in 1935.
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| E. Simms Campbell "All right then, Mr. Frisbee—we won't insist on the castor oil[.]" Esquire, 1935, page 98 |
Like father...
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| E. Simms Campbell "His sister's fer puttin' him in a reform school but I wants him to be near his old man[.]" Esquire, 1935, page 42 |
Be careful what trophy you go after. Why on earth is Zebra capitalized?
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| E. Simms Campbell "The Zebra head would look much better over the mantel, dear[.]" Esquire, 1935, page 80 |
Those oh-so-amusing drunkards...
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E. Simms Campbell
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| E. Simms Campbell "Aw honey, gee whiz—yuh may never see me again[.]" Esquire, 1935, page 68 |
Not bad, but Harvard grads might want to skip this one:
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E. Simms Campbell
"All they keep sending, sir, is Yale 6, Harvard 0—Yale 6, Harvard 0—"Esquire, 1935, page 68 |
In our February 23 post, we saw a color cartoon by E. Simms Campbell about the Dionne quintuplets from the January 1936 issue. The quintuplets remained a big story for a long time.
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E. Simms Campbell
"What are you thinking of, my love?" "Mrs. Dionne!"
Esquire, 1935, page 48
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Note: At press time, all of these cartoons are available for purchase on Amazon except for "Thank God I'm a bachelor." You just weren't quick enough for that one. Follow the aqua link below each image.
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Friday, November 10, 2017
John Held, Jr.: The Yale-Princeton Football Game
Tomorrow the Princeton-Yale football rivalry begun in 1873 continues at Princeton. For me, the graphic high point of this rivalry came in 1927 when John Held, Jr., illustrated the cover for the program. The 1927 game was played in New Haven; Held was a Connecticut resident who created other illustrations for Yale. The program cover is illustrated with one of Held's woodcut-style prints evocative not of the Jazz Age, but of the 1890s. The look was deliberately old-fashioned, even back then.
A copy of the program in less-than-ideal condition was sold in the spring on eBay:
Note: This just in: On November 12, 1927 the Yale Bulldogs defeated the Princeton Tigers, 14-6. Over the years Yale has won 73 games to Princeton's 56, with 10 ties dating to the earlier years.
Original art by John Held, Jr., published or unpublished; whether drawn, printed, or painted; is sought-after stuff here on Attempted Bloggery. Please send your scans or photographs this way. I'd also love to post a few published Held images that are new to the internet.
Am I the only one who feels the last 90 years have been disappointing? I thought not.
November 11, 2017 Update: Yale defeated Princeton today, 35-31. That brings Yale's wins to 74 games, besting Princeton's 56, with 10 ties.
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| John Held, Jr. Yale-Princeton program cover November 12, 1927 |
A copy of the program in less-than-ideal condition was sold in the spring on eBay:
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| John Held, Jr. eBay Listing Ended April 3, 2017 |
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| John Held, Jr. eBay Item Description |
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| eBay Bid History Eight bids, with the winning bid placed in the final ten minutes |
Note: This just in: On November 12, 1927 the Yale Bulldogs defeated the Princeton Tigers, 14-6. Over the years Yale has won 73 games to Princeton's 56, with 10 ties dating to the earlier years.
Original art by John Held, Jr., published or unpublished; whether drawn, printed, or painted; is sought-after stuff here on Attempted Bloggery. Please send your scans or photographs this way. I'd also love to post a few published Held images that are new to the internet.
Am I the only one who feels the last 90 years have been disappointing? I thought not.
November 11, 2017 Update: Yale defeated Princeton today, 35-31. That brings Yale's wins to 74 games, besting Princeton's 56, with 10 ties.
Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:
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