Two weeks in to the new year without a Trump cover! Anna Parini makes her cover debut (it’s titled “A New Leaf”; not for the last time, I wonder why we need titles for the covers. Viewed online, various elements of the cover are animated. Snow blows, wind blows the woman’s hair and ruffles a few pages of her book.
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Bob Eckstein’s Book Tour Diary; More Rare Rea Irvin!
Something fun: Bob Eckstein’s “Tragical Mystery Book Tour” (Pt.1). In this Writer’s Digest piece the world’s greatest snowman expert (and New Yorker cartoonist) shares his experiences on the book tour circuit. ___________________________________________________________ More Rea Irvin Here, courtesy of Steve Stoliar, is another Rea Irvin illustration from the rare 1929 Robert Benchley pamphlet, Busy In Conference : And speaking of
Read moreA Robert Benchley / Rea Irvin Rarity
Here’s something fun for a rainy, snowy, icy Sunday (at least that’s what it’s like outside here at Spill central). A rare Robert Benchley title from 1929, with illustrations by the (then) New Yorker art supervisor, Rea Irvin. A brief bio of Mr. Irvin from the Spill‘s A-Z: Rea Irvin (pictured above). Born, San Francisco, 1881; died in the Virgin
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