Back cover illustration by Vance Gerry
John Cheever's The National Pastime, Limited Edition https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/john-cheever-limited-edition-of.html #VanceGerry #JohnCheever #Baseball

Arthur Getz
Spot drawing of a mail collector
The New Yorker, December 8, 1956
Robert Day: What Would Cagney Do? https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/robert-day-what-would-cagney-do.html #TheNewYorker #ArthurGetz

Accessories
Judith Leiber: The New Yorker Minaudière https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/09/judith-leiber-new-yorker-minaudiere.html #JudithLeiber

The envelope, please. And the winning caption is . . .
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #913 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-entry-in-new-yorker-cartoon-caption_0994095349.html #SuerynnLee #Psychotherapy #Painter #RorschachTest #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

I held my nose and voted.
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #914 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-entry-in-new-yorker-cartoon-caption_02072266128.html #IvanEhlers #Fishbowl #Laptop #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

The finalists have come out of the wash.
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #915 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-entry-in-new-yorker-cartoon-caption_0318419437.html #YinfanHuang #Cat #Laundry #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

The Autograph Collection of Neil Walden https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-autograph-collection-of-neil-walden.html #Autographs

"I just asked myself what Cagney would have done if he were in my place, and here I am."
Original art
The New Yorker, December 8, 1956
Robert Day:  What Would Cagney Do? https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/robert-day-what-would-cagney-do.html #RobertDay #JamesCagney #TheNewYorker

John Cheever's The National Pastime, Limited Edition https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/john-cheever-limited-edition-of.html #Baseball #JohnCheever

Russ and Ada's Copy of Black Maria by Charles Addams https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/russ-and-adas-copy-of-black-maria-by.html #CharlesAddams #TheAddamsFamily

Iniscribed by author and artist
Burt Britton's Copy of Instant Lives by Howard Moss With Drawings by Edward Gorey https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/burt-brittons-copy-of-instant-lives-by.html #EdwardGorey #HowardMoss

I still think he looks like Uncle Fester.
Caption Contest Cartoon by Christopher Weyant
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #916 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-entry-in-new-yorker-cartoon-caption.html #ChristopherWeyant #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

Angling Art
Barbara Shermund:  Trophy Wall https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/09/barbara-shermund.html #BarbaraShermund

A Signed Copy of E. D. Ward:  A Mercurial Bear by Edward Gorey https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-signed-copy-of-e-d-ward-mercurial.html #EdwardGorey

Judith Leiber:  The New Yorker Minaudière https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/09/judith-leiber-new-yorker-minaudiere.html #JudithLeiber #TheNewYorker

The Rumrunner's Sister-In-Law
Ben Simms's Copy of The Pious Friends and Drunken Companions by Frank Shay and John Held, Jr. https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/09/ben-simmss-copy-of-pious-friends-and.html #JohnHeldJr

Fat shaming in February 1941
Peter Arno for Ry-Krisp https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/08/peter-arno-for-ry-krisp.html #PeterArno #Advertising

Rainbow Street
#Iceland 2024:  Walking Tour of Reykjavík https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/01/iceland-2024-walking-tour-of-reykjavik.html #Reykjavik #Travel

Don Quixote, May 1940
Peter Arno Illustrates Munro Leaf Condensed Classics in The American Magazine https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/08/peter-arno-illustrates-munro-leaf.html #Cervantes #PeterArno

The Settlement Exhibition:  Bishop's bureau, 1807-1846
#Iceland 2024:  Some Final Photos of Reykjavík, https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/02/iceland-2024-some-final-photos-of.html #Travel