Snoopy and the Red Baron.

SCHULZ, Charles M.

Item Number: 104565

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966.

First edition of Snoopy’s daring pursuit of the notorious Red Baron. Octavo, original illustrated cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, with an added drawing of Snoopy in pilot gear, “For Jillian Somers with every best wish- Charles M. Schulz.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable with an original drawing of Snoopy.

Schulz's beloved cartoons have won him the National Cartoonists Society's Humor Comic Strip Award in 1962, the Reuben Award for 1955 and 1964, the Society's Elzie Segar Award in 1980, and the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. Interestingly, his cartoons have also awarded him an abundance of equally colorful honors and recognitions. In 1996, Schulz was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, adjacent to Walt Disney's. And for his interest in sports he was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993 and then the Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2007.