Holiday 2020 Catalogue

89 H o l i d a y 2 0 2 0 “A Testimonial To Heroism From Someone Who Has First-Hand Knowledge Of What It Takes” 129. MCCAIN, John. Worth the Fighting For. New York, 2002. Octavo, original blue paper boards, dust jacket. $375. First trade edition of Senator McCain’s 2002 “unpredictable, outspoken memoir,” wonderfully inscribed: “To— All these young talented & promising Americans. Keep up the Good Work. John McCain.” Fine. “Grant Used The Weapon That McClellan Forged To Defeat Lee” 130. MCCLELLAN, George B. McClellan’sOwnStory. TheWar for theUnion. New York, 1887. Octavo, original three-quarter brown morocco. $1250. First edition of the Civil War memoirs of Lincoln’s controversial commander of the Army of the Potomac, with steel-engraved frontispiece portrait, nine illustrations, three full-page maps and a two-page facsimile letter, in publisher’s three-quarter morocco with gilt-stamped front board. Near-fine. An Illustrated Treasury Of Children’s Classics, In Original PaintedWooden “Book House,” All In Exceptional Condition 131. MILLER, Olive Beaupré. My Bookhouse. WITH: My Travelship. Chicago, 1925-27. Altogether, nine volumes. Octavo and quarto, original colored cloth, mounted cover illustration, original painted wooden “book house,” measuring 13 by 14 by 21-1/2 inches. $3900. Early printing of the beloved My Bookhouse series, “the first collection of children’s literature that was graded to meet the developing needs and abilities of children at different ages,” and illustrated by some of the foremost illustrators of the period. This is a complete set of six original volumes, together with the complete three volumes of My Travelship, the two series brought together under one roof in the original publisher’s wooden “book house.” Bright books with only minor wear to mounted cover illustrations; rare original bookhouse exceptionally lovely. Rarely seen in such beautiful condition. “I Am Glad You Are Pleased With The Drawings… I Will Gladly Do The Same In ‘Winnie-The-Pooh’” 132. MILNE, A.A. Now We Are Six. London, 1927. Small octavo, original limp blue calf gilt, custom clamshell box. $6500. First edition, in original publisher’s deluxe calf-gilt binding, with a 1930 tipped-in signed autograph letter written entirely in Ernest Shepard’s hand on his personal home stationery expressing happiness that his correspondent enjoyed his most recent drawings; thanking him for sending a check; and committing to work on drawings related to Winnie-the- Pooh—possibly in his correspondent’s copy of the book—after returning from a trip abroad. Near-fine.