Wiggin, Kate Douglas [1856 - 1923]. Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. Straus, Mrs Jesse [Irma Nathan (1895-1936)] - Recipient — A CHILD'S JOURNEY With DICKENS

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. Later printing, ca 1918. INSCRIBED by author. Green cloth spine over dark buff paper wrapped boards, lettered in dark green. 32 pp. Frontis of Dickens (line drawing). Image of "The Child", prior to p. 3. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". General extremity wear. Bump to top tips, with board showing at all 4. Withal, a VG copy. Inscription on ffep reads: "I was the child / and this my first / journey into the / big world outside. / Kate Douglas Wiggin" At the bottom of the page, in her hand, is: "Souvenir of the Woman's Liberty Loan Booth at Macy's. / To Mrs Jesse Straus. / May 1918" Jesse Straus was the eldest son of the German immigrants Isidor Straus (1845–1912) and Ida Straus (1849–1912), both of whom died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Isidor was co-owner of the department store R.H. Macy & Co. along with his uncle Nathan Straus. Jesse married Irma Nathan in 1895, and began working at Macy's on September 3, 1896, hence the Macy's connection in the inscription.