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The former owners name is on both books. Each signed by Garth Williams on the half title in brown fountain pen. E-E on copyright page of CW and B-E on SL so neither is a first edition. The dust jacket for Charlotte's web is a first edition. $2.50 price intact on flap. 3/8" tear at bottom of the front panel. 3/8" tear and some creasing at the top of the spine. 1/8" chip at the bottom of the spine at the front fold. Fine color. A touch of tanning on the rear panel. The dust jacket for stewart little has price intact. 1" tear at the top front. 1/2" chip at the top and bottom of the spine. 1-1/2" x 3/4" triangular chip at the bottom of the front panel. 1/4" chip at the bottom front flap fold. Some tanning. Some evidence of moisture on the rear panel of the jacket. Not the book. Offered together as they were owned by the same person and obviously signed at the same time by Williams.

This book is a later printing with a price on 3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The book is in wonderful condition with clean interior pages and a pictorial cover showing Fern and the farm animals. The dust jacket cover is the same. There is a very tiny bit of wear along the edge of the bottom spine. The greatest thing about the book is the inscription by E B White where he writes to a group of school children " greetings to the children who gave this book their votes. E B White" . Picture available upon request.

Octavo (20.75cm); original pictorial cloth boards; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [viii],184pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "For Tony Maramarco / with greetings from E.B. White." Base of spine a little nudged, three corners gently bumped (though still sharp); Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with shallow loss to upper front flap fold, some light dust-soil and a few faint stains to rear panel; Very Good+. Laid into this copy is a one-page TLS (dated July 3, 1979) to the recipient from Robert Bruce, newly President Emeritus of Colby College, relating the circumstances behind White inscribing this copy. "Yesterday afternoon we did have a visit with E.B White. He is old and lonely and he just isn't very well. It is sad that he has lost so much of his vigor. But the old spark was there from time to time, and we had some awfully good talk over cocktails and dinner. He very kindly agreed to inscribe two copies of Charlotte's Web, one for you (and I presume young Tony), the other for Darby Drew. They are on their way to you under separate cover." Typed letter on white bond (measuring 8.5" x 11"); 22 lines (195 words), signed "As always, Bob." A few old folds, else Near Fine. Attractive copy of White's beloved book, a barnyard story which has enchanted generations of readers since it was published in 1952. A Newbery Honoree, and basis for two well-received film adaptations a 1973 animated film and a more recent production by Gary Winick (2006), starring Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, and Oprah Winfrey. Authentically signed or inscribed copies are uncommon; White was publicity-shy, anxious in large crowds, and struggled with Alzheimer's later in life, so copies with provenance this clear are quite unusual.