Letters from Charles Barsotti to Douglas Maxwell

In 1985 letters to Douglas Maxwell, his "great and famous friend," cartoonist Charles Barsotti discusses how he might illustrate "ideas, people, etc." and specifically "the creative mind." He demonstrates "my New Yorker style" adding "but I do some wilder stuff." He also mentions Great Britain's famous humor magazine: "Do keep an eye on Punch—I never know what's going to run when, but I think some stuff will be coming up that's a bit different from what you've seen." The letters are offered for sale by Roe and Moore of London at 65 British pounds.

Charles Barsotti
AbeBooks Listing Accessed February 29, 2020

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=14272579994&searchurl=bi%3D0%26ds%3D30%26bx%3Doff%26sortby%3D17%26an%3DCharles%2BBarsotti%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26sgnd%3Don&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image2

Note:  I believe the recipient of these letters is psychologist Douglas F. Maxwell. They are unsold at the time of this posting.

I don't know whether the project envisioned here ever came to fruition. I confess I am unfamiliar with Charles Barsotti's "wilder stuff" or even his work for Punch. Feel free to help me out.

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George Price: Love Letters to the Mets

The New York Mets came on the scene in 1962, bringing National League baseball back to New York after the departures of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants for California. Initially referred to as "the lovable losers," they won the hearts of their fans long before they won any championships. In 1965, Bill Adler collected Love Letters to the Mets illustrated by George Price. A copy offered on eBay gives us a sporting peek at the contents. Back in 1965, no one could have guessed that the ragtag team would somehow win the World Series in 1969.

George Price
eBay Listing Ended March 30, 2019

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-LOVE-LETTERS-TO-THE-METS-Bill-Adler-CASEY-STENGEL-N-Y-GEORGE-PRICE-illus-/192867779717?hash=item2ce7d0c485%3Ag%3AZmUAAOSw~SJclJ-~&nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

George Price
eBay Item Description

George Price
eBay Bid History
The winner bids early and late.

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E. B. White Needs No Introduction

When you're a famous writer, everyone wants you to write a little something for them. When everyone wants you to write a little something for them, you need to be able to politely decline at least some of their offers. An uncollected 1967 letter from famous writer E. B. White politely declines such an offer with some eloquence, but also with an abiding sadness. 

E. B. White
TLS, November 2, 1967

A page from the New Yorker

E. B. White
eBay Listing Ended July 12,2015

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-E-B-White-typed-letter-hand-signed-on-New-Yorker-letterhead-1967-/111711460579?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1a02859ce3&nma=true&si=Zv4PhLp6HocGRC23iqci2JeQ2LI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

E. B. White
eBay Item Description

E. B. White
eBay Bid History
Six bids from three bidders, each of whom was active in the final minute of the auction.

Note:  I would like to hear from anyone who can identify this letter's recipient Mr. Lowe or the book he asked E. B. White to introduce. The historical record presented in this eBay listing is far from complete.

Also incomplete, evidently, are the collected letters of E. B. White. Readers who would like to help me remedy this situation, at least in part, are invited to share correspondence from the great stylist. Scans and photographs of his letters, especially of uncollected letters such as this one, are welcome here. My blog is at your disposal.

I don't have as much here as I'd like, but feel free to check out the archives for a few choice blog posts about E. B. White and even about Charlotte's Web illustrator Garth Williams.

TLS stands for typed letter, signed. If you're British, it also stands for the Times Literary Supplement. I am not British.


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