{"product_id":"charlottes-web-by-e-b-white-first-edition-first-printing-in-original-dust-jacket-1953","title":"Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, First Edition, First Printing, in Original Dust Jacket, 1952","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhite, Elwyn Brooks. Charlotte’s Web. New York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1952.  First edition, first printing. Illustrated by Garth Williams. Octavo. In the publisher's original boards and illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented is a first edition of the beloved children’s book \u003cem\u003eCharlotte’s Web\u003c\/em\u003e by Elwyn Brooks White and illustrated by Garth Williams. The book was published in New York by Harper \u0026amp; Brothers in 1952. This is a first edition, first printing with the code “I-B” on the copyright page. The book is presented in the publisher’s original boards and dust jacket.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most celebrated of White’s three children’s books, \u003cem\u003eCharlotte’s Web\u003c\/em\u003e is rightly regarded as a modern classic\" (Connolly, 322-23). The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. This is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that continues to be enjoyed by generations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhite finished the first draft of \u003cem\u003eCharlotte’s Web \u003c\/em\u003ein 1951 and then let it sit for a year. He said in a letter to his patient editor: \"I've recently finished another children's book, but have put it away to ripen (let the body heat out of it). It doesn't satisfy me the way it is and I think eventually I shall rewrite it pretty much.\" When \u003cem\u003eCharlotte's Web\u003c\/em\u003e finally came out in October 1952, the reviews were admiring and laudatory. Since its publication, the book has sales of more than 45 million copies and has been translated into 23 languages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE. B. White (1899-1985) earned his B.A. at Cornell University. He was on staff at the New Yorker, wrote for \u003cem\u003eHarper’s Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and published works of poetry and prose before trying his hand at writing for children. White’s elegance, simplicity, and dry wit balance both his poetry and prose. “His literary style was as pure as any in our language. It was singular, colloquial, clear, unforced, thoroughly American and utterly beautiful” (William Shawn). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis poetry includes \u003cem\u003eThe Fox of Peapack, and Other Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(1938), \u003cem\u003eThe Second Tree from the Corner\u003c\/em\u003e (1954), and Poems and Sketches of E.B. White (1981). He penned several books for children, publishing \u003cem\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/em\u003e in 1945, \u003cem\u003eCharlotte’s Web \u003c\/em\u003ein 1952, and \u003cem\u003eThe Trumpet of the Swan\u003c\/em\u003e in 1970. His prose for adult readers includes \u003cem\u003eOne Man’s Meat \u003c\/em\u003e(1944), \u003cem\u003eHere Is New York \u003c\/em\u003e(1949), \u003cem\u003eLetters of E.B. White \u003c\/em\u003e(1976), and \u003cem\u003eEssays of E.B. White \u003c\/em\u003e(1977). White was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1973. His honors include the National Medal for Literature, a special Pulitzer award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGarth Williams (1912- 1996) was the renowned illustrator of almost one hundred books for children, including the beloved \u003cem\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCharlotte’s Web \u003c\/em\u003eby E. B. White, \u003cem\u003eBedtime for Frances\u003c\/em\u003e by Russell Hoban, and the \u003cem\u003eLittle House\u003c\/em\u003e series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. He was born in 1912 in New York City, but raised in England. He founded an art school near London and served with the British Red Cross Civilian Defense during World War II. Williams worked as a portrait sculptor, art director, and magazine artist before working on his first book \u003cem\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/em\u003e, thus beginning a long and lustrous career illustrating and developing characters for some of the best known children's books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCONDITION: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNear fine+ condition. Octavo. First edition, first printing. In original beige cloth boards, stamped in blue and black on front board and spine. Cloth of front board with two light stains top right. Creasing and very minimal fraying to headcaps and tail of spine.  In original blue pictorial endpapers. Stated “FIRST EDITION” on the copyright page with the code “I-B.” Inside pages clean and unmarked.  Illustrated throughout. 184 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn good condition publisher's original dust jacket, with $2.50 price intact. Previously repaired dust jacket, fixing spine attachment to front and back panels. Jacket with some sunning and creasing. Loss to top left corner of front panel, not into text or image. The head and tail of the jacket spine with some minor flaking and some light rubbing to joints. Interior front and back flaps very clean without sunning or toning. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Dimensions: 8 3\/8\" H x 5 5\/8\" W x 3\/4\" D.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccompanied by our company's letter of authenticity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Great Republic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49501934354661,"sku":"BK1358","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/3070\/files\/charlottes-web-by-eb-white-first-edition-first-printing-in-original-dust-jacket-1952-3555721.jpg?v=1781680519","url":"https:\/\/www.great-republic.com\/products\/charlottes-web-by-e-b-white-first-edition-first-printing-in-original-dust-jacket-1953","provider":"The Great Republic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}