Stuart Little
by White, E B
Published in 1945, Stuart Little was E. B. White's first children's story. It is the tale of a young New Yorker named Stuart Little who had the "shy, pleasant manner of a mouse" and in fact, is an actual mouse. In 2005 a hardbound edition of the book was published to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the first edition of Stuart Little.
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Stuart Little
by White, E. B.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket in two pieces and toned and tattered.
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1945
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$120.00
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NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket in two pieces and . toned and tattered.. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The 1945 children's classic with the evocative Garth Williams illustrations. Brown illustrated boards. Front jacket flap has $2.00 price and Harper and Brothers, Publishers. Copyright page has stated first … Read more about this item Item Price
$120.00

Stuart Little.
by White, E.B.; Illustrated by Garth Williams
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- Used
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- 1945
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$2,500.00
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New York: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition, early printing of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated by Garth Williams. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Best wishes E.B. White." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. "The story had been brewing with White for years as a disconnected series… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00

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Stuart Little -1st Edition I-u Code, 10-5
by White, E. B.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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- First
- Published
- 1945
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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VINELAND, New Jersey, USA
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$147.00
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New York,: Harper & Bros. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1945. First. Cloth. B&W Illustrations; 8VO; Pictorial cloth, dust jacket tape repairs, chipped moderate wea, unclipped. FIRST EDITION with Harper & Brothers code I-U. The author's first book for children. Illustrated cloth covers . Item Price
$147.00

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Stuart Little
by WHITE, E.B.
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Calabasas, California, USA
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$950.00
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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1945. A Realistic Fantasy About A Talking Mouse"
WHITE, E.B. Stuart Little. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1945.
First edition (stated on copyright page with 10-5 and I-U).
Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 202 x 134 mm.). viii, 131, [1… Read more about this item Item Price
$950.00

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Stuart Little
by White, E. B.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Torrington, Connecticut, USA
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$50.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956 Code on copyright page is D-F (April-1956). 131 pgs. Beige cloth hardcover pictorially stamped in green and white, stain to top corner of rear board, spine ends gently bumped, mild mustiness; color pictorial dust jacket with small losses, age-toned and wear, price clipped.. E B White's first book for children, now a modern… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00

Stuart Little - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by White, E. B.
- Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1945
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$342.17
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New York: Harper & Brothers. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition with first printing (10-5 and I-U) labeling in just about Fine condition with limited browning and soiling in Very Good-, lightly chipped first State dustjacket with the Harper & Brothers, Publishers statement on the bottom of the front… Read more about this item Item Price
$342.17

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Stuart Little
by E.B. WHITE
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- Used - Fine ina fine dust jacketFirst Edition, First Printing with the words 'First Edition' printed on the copyright page. An attract
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1945
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Potomac, Maryland, USA
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$2,000.00
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First Edition, First Printing (with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page). Fine in a fine dust jacket. An attractive First Issue dustjacket is bright and flawless. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with no marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this children's classic. Item Price
$2,000.00

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STUART LITTLE
by E.B. White
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- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1945
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- Hardcover
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
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$200.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 131p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. The spine is faintly sunned and barely cockeyed. Child's signature on front free endpaper and half-title page. Otherwise, text unmarked and binding secure. The jacket is tanned on the spine and chipped along the edges, being brittle with… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00

Stuart Little
by WHITE, E.B.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$600.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Pictures by Garth Williams. Very near fine in good dustwrapper lacking the top one-half inch of the spine, removing the letter "S," but with the price on the front flap intact (which almost never seems to be the case). An acceptable copy of a cheaply produced… Read more about this item Item Price
$600.00

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STUART LITTLE
by White, E.B.
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- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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$800.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing of White's first book for children, a charming classic of the small but robust Mouse Adventure genre. White's Stuart Little, like Thumbelina, is born to standard-sized human parents and takes his entitled place within his human family by right and without… Read more about this item Item Price
$800.00

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Stuart Little - the true first USA Edition
by White, E B
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- Used
- Published
- 1946
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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$742.44
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USA: Harper, 1946. A first edition, first printing published by Harper in 1945. A very good book without inscriptions (showing B-E on the copyright page) in a very good+ unclipped wrapper showing $2.00. Small blue mark to the front panel and some browning to the rear panel. Some slits to the spine tips. Some red illustration to the rear… Read more about this item Item Price
$742.44

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Stuart Little
by White, E. B.
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- Used
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Tempe, Arizona, USA
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$14.99
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1945 - BCE - drawing throughout by Garth Williams - book: very good - dj: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - small tear repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve Item Price
$14.99

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Stuart Little
by White, E.B.
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1945
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Southampton, New York, USA
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$1,999.99
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Harper & Row, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. First Edition, Later Printing (circa 1972). Not price-clipped ($3.95 price intact). Published by Harper & Row, 1945. Octavo. Pictorial boards with illustrated endpapers. Signed & inscribed by E.B. White on flyleaf. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no ownership markings. Spine straight and corners… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,999.99

Stuart Little.
by White, E.B.; Illustrated by Garth Williams
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$750.00
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New York: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition, first printing, with code "I-U" on copyright page of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated by Garth Williams. Fine in a very good dust jacket. The story had been brewing with White for years as a disconnected series of bedtime tales for his nieces and… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00

STUART LITTLE.; Pictures by Garth Williams
by WHITE, E.B.
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- Used
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BUDERIM, Queensland, AUS
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$161.46
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Harper Brothers, New York, [1959] n.d.. 8vo.pp.viii + 131. Original owners inscription to half title and to free front endpaper.else Near fine pictorial oatmeal coloured hardcover,.in slightly nicked dust jacket. $2.50 PRICE B-1 number line. later editions are Harper & Row. Stuart Little is a mouse in the Little Family.He is a great help around the house and a… Read more about this item Item Price
$161.46

STUART LITTLE
by E. B. White
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; Early Printing
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pomona, New York, USA
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$105.00
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New York: Harper and Row. 1945. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Good in a Good dust jacket. Boards lightly soiled, top of spine worn with a 1" tear along the side. Jacket has a large tear front panel that goes around to back panel and smaller tears along the edges. Spine is creased missing 1" at the… Read more about this item Item Price
$105.00

Stuart Little
by WHITE, E.B.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$1,500.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Pictures by Garth Williams. Octavo. 131pp. Pictorial cloth. A fine copy in very near fine, first issue dust jacket with correct price on front flap intact, a short, closed tear on the front panel and a tiny barely visible nick in the front gutter. White's first book… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,500.00

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Stuart Little
by White, E. B.
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- Used
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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$1,725.00
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NY: Harper, 1945. Williams, Garth. First edition. Illustrated with line drawings by Garth Williams. This is White's first book for children, which was written "in the hope of amusing a six-year-old niece." Stuart Little was a bestseller in spite of some unenthusiastic initial reviews. White spent most of his literary career writing for The New Yorker magazine and only… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,725.00

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Stuart Little
by E.B. White
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Berkeley, California, USA
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$50.00
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Harper and Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. First printing (10-5, I-U on copyright page.) Illustrations by Garth Williams. Covers worn and stained. Front hinge cracked. As-Is. Item Price
$50.00

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Stuart Little
by E.B. White
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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$10.00
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This is an edition published in the first year of its publication (1945), but with no first edition marking. It is in good condition, with some age spots on the pages. There is a handwritten inscription in red pen on the inside front cover and in the back inside cover. Item Price
$10.00