May 2020 Catalogue

67 M a y 2 0 2 0 “Just About Perfect, And Just Magical In The Way It Is Done” (Eudora Welty) 63. WHITE, E.B. Charlotte’s Web. New York, 1952. Octavo, original beige cloth, dust jacket. $4200. Click for More Info First edition of one of the most delightful and beloved children’s books, a cornerstone of any collection of modern children’s literature. The most celebrated of White’s three children’s books, “ Charlotte’s Web is rightly regarded as a modern classic” (Connolly, 322-23). With numerous endearing illustrations by Garth Williams. Book fine, bright dust jacket near-fine with slightest rubbing and toning to extremities and a couple of tiny repairs to verso. A lovely copy. “With the right words, you can change the world.”