Lot 169
White (E.B.) Charlotte's Web, first edition, New York, Harper and Brothers, [1952]
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
White (E.B.) Charlotte's Web, first edition with I-B to copyright page, illustrations by Garth Williams, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips, first state dust-jacket with 4 blurbs to lower panel, price-clipped, minor chipping and creasing to spine tips and corners, some finger-soiling and light spotting, light creasing to head but an unusually bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, Harper and Brothers, [1952].
⁂ White would win the Newbery Honor Award for this much-loved work. Scarce with the dust-jacket in such bright condition.
Description
White (E.B.) Charlotte's Web, first edition with I-B to copyright page, illustrations by Garth Williams, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips, first state dust-jacket with 4 blurbs to lower panel, price-clipped, minor chipping and creasing to spine tips and corners, some finger-soiling and light spotting, light creasing to head but an unusually bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, Harper and Brothers, [1952].
⁂ White would win the Newbery Honor Award for this much-loved work. Scarce with the dust-jacket in such bright condition.
