Holiday 2020 Catalogue

93 H o l i d a y 2 0 2 0 “Anything Could Happen To A Negro Who Thought He Could Play Ball With White Men On An Equal Basis” 145. ROBINSON, Jackie and SMITH, Wendell. Jackie Robinson. My Own Story. New York, 1948. Octavo, original red cloth, dust jacket. $1100. First edition of Robinson’s first autobiography, published the year after he broke baseball’s color line and faced racist threats on and off the field to be named Rookie of the Year, with Foreword by Branch Rickey and 48 pages of photographic illustrations. Book fine, dust jacket near-fine. “And That’s What Christmas Is All About, Charlie Brown” 146. SCHULZ, Charles M. A Charlie Brown Christmas. Cleveland and New York, 1965. Quarto, original pictorial black cloth, dust jacket. $850. First edition of Charles Schulz’ beloved classic, adapted from the perennial Christmas television favorite. Fine. Inscribed By Charles Schulz 147. SCHULZ, Charles M. Poster inscribed. No place, circa 1990. Single sheet of printed white cardstock, measuring 24 by 17 inches. $2000. Black-and-white poster of a classic romance-themed Peanuts comic strip starring Lucy and Snoopy, inscribed: “Best wishes, Charles M. Schulz.” Fine, suitable for framing. Special 1980 Limited Edition “Wild Things” Monster, One Of Only 50 Signed By Sendak 148. SENDAK, Maurice. “Bernard,” Blue “Wild Things” monster created as a backpack. Taiwan, 1980. Backpack, with fur and fabric body. $2500. One of only 50 stuffed animals signed on the foot by Maurice Sendak, recreating “Bernard,” a monster from “Where the Wild Things Are.” Fine, as new.