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![WHITE, E. B. (1899-1985). Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1952].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3829/38291368.jpeg?t=1WRCq9)
Lot 16
WHITE, E. B. (1899-1985). Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1952].
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
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$13,200
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WHITE, E. B. (1899-1985). Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1952]. 8vo. Illustrated throughout. [vi], 1-184 pp. Publisher's full beige cloth, front board and spine stamped in black and blue, pictorial endleaves, publisher's unclipped ("$2.50") dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TWICE BY WHITE. The first inscription is on the ffep: "Gale Hinckley / with my best E B White". The second inscription is on the half-title: "For Gale Hinckley / with greetings from E B White". This famous children's novel is the basis of several film, television, and stage adaptations. In 2000, Publisher's Weekly stated that the paperback version was the best-selling children's paperback of all time.
Condition
Cloth binding soiled and lightly scuffed, lightly edgeworn, lightly toned, bookseller's ticket on ffep (not affecting inscription); jacket worn, soiled, chipped with tears, several tape repairs to verso, spine toned. A very good copy in a good jacket. Housed in modern quarter red morocco clamshell case.
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With the bookplate of Gale M. Hinckley, the recipient, on the fp. Hinckley was a business owner, photographer, and book collector.
