Charlotte’s Web.

WHITE, E.B.; Illustrated by Garth Williams.

Item Number: 131479

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952.

First edition, first printing of E.B. White’s classic tale of friendship with the code “I-B” on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, blue and white spider-web patterned endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Illustrated by Garth Williams. A nice example.

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 illustrations by Garth Williams. Anderson, Books of the Century, 210.