Hokinson Rare Titles
I’ve a list on my computer of books I’d love to have, but do not have because they are either pricey or difficult to find or both. Still, it’s fun to look at the covers and hope that one day one or more of these will appear at a library sale or a used book store. I thought it would be fun to show the most elusive Hokinson illustrated books on the list.
- Edith M. Barber, What Shall I Eat, Macmillan 1933.
- Helen Joseph & Mary Margaret McBride, London Is A Man’s Town, Coward-McCann, 1930.
- Helen Josephy & Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Is A Woman’s Town, Coward-McCann, 1929.
- Margaret Fishback, Safe Conduct: When to Behave—And Why The World Publishing Company, 1941.
- Emily Kimbrough, How Dear to My Heart Dodd, Mead & Co., 1944
Helen Hokinson’s A-Z Entry:
Helen Hokinson Born, Illinois,1893; died, Washington, D.C., 1949. New Yorker work: 1925 -1949, with some work published posthumously. All of Hokinson’s collections are wonderful, but here are two favorites. Her first collection: So You’re Going To Buy A Book! (Minton, Balch & Co, 1931) and what was billed as “the final Hokinson collection”: The Hokinson Festival (Dutton & Co., 1956). According to a New Yorker document produced during Harold Ross’s editorship (1925-1951) rating their artists, Ms. Hokinson and Peter Arno occupied a special category unto themselves above all others.
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Article Of Interest: Barbara Shermund
From Matter, November 12, 2024, “Caitlin McGurk Helps Bring Barbara Shermund Back To Life”
Ms. McGurk’s Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund will be out November 19th.
Further Spill Shermund reading:here and here.
Barbara Shermund’s A-Z Entry:
Barbara Shermund (self portrait, above) Born, San Francisco. 1899. Studied at The California School of Fine Arts. Died, 1978, New Jersey. New Yorker work: June 13, 1925 thru September 16, 1944. 8 covers and 599 cartoons. Shermund’s post-New Yorker work was featured in Esquire.
Further reading: Liza Donnelly’s “Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists”; Caitlin McGurk’s “Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins”