Charlotte's Web.
by WHITE, E. B
- Used
- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Tanning from the tape use to attach the letter; otherwise a very good copy in a price-clipped jacket which has some tanning to t
- Seller
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Rochester, New York
Item Price
$3,500.00
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, [1952].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Tanning from the tape use to attach the letter; otherwise a very good copy in a price-clipped jacket which has some tanning to the spine and some edgewear.. 8vo,. Pictures by Garth Williams. A one-page typed letter signed by E.B. White on New Yorker letterhead, 26 February 53, is affixed to the front pastedown with tape at corners. The recipient has added a lengthy quotation from E.B. White's letters about Charlotte's Web to the half-title page.
Synopsis
Charlotte's Web is an award-winning children's novel by acclaimed American author E. B. White. The book was first published October 15th, 1952, by Harper & Brothers, with illustrations by Garth Williams. “Where's Papa going with that Axe?” one of the most famous first lines in children's literature, brings readers right into the story as Fern steps in and adopts Wilbur, a pig deemed unworthy of life because he is “small,” “weak” and a “runt.”. Later, when Wilbur is moved to Fern's uncle's farm and awaiting a certain fate of slaughter at the end of the season, he befriends Charlotte, a wise and unsentimental spider, who spins webs proclaiming Wilbur's value as “Some Pig” and 'Terrific”. Charlotte's Web is one of the best-selling paperbacks of all time. E.B. White rarely signed books, so a signed first edition can run anywhere from a few thousand dollars, to over $25,000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68630
- Title
- Charlotte's Web.
- Author
- WHITE, E. B
- Format/binding
- Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.
- Book condition
- Used - Tanning from the tape use to attach the letter; otherwise a very good copy in a price-clipped jacket which has some tanning to t
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1952].
- Pages
- 184 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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Rochester, New York
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