CHARLOTTE'S WEB.
by WHITE, E. B
- Used
- First
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good.
- Seller
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Watertown, Massachusetts
Item Price
$1,400.00
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About This Item
Near fine/Very good. (1952). First issue of first edition.. . Unclipped jacket. All points present: Stated "First Edition, I-B" on copyright page; Price $2.50; Publisher's name on spine of DJ: 4 blurbs about STUART LITTLE on rear panel. Two 1/4 inch chips to two corners of the DJ and narrow chip along bottom of DJ spine. Very crisp and clean copy. Stated first edition. Owner's name is written very lightly in blue ink on blue end paper. Very difficult to even see. One of the books that shaped America, according to Librarian of Congress, James Billington .
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
- Payson Hall Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PHBOOKSWH74677
- Title
- CHARLOTTE'S WEB.
- Author
- WHITE, E. B
- Book condition
- Used - Near fine/Very good.
- Edition
- First issue of first edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1952)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
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Payson Hall Books began in 1978 as an open shop. Since 1996, we are strictly an internet business. Our books number about 1000, including pamphlets. We also sell rare and unusual original prints and maps.
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