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184pp. Octavo [26cm]. 1/4 navy cloth with sage green paper over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine with gilt decorative piece on front board. Top corners of book are lightly bumped. Slight rubbing to bottom edge. Signed by Rosemary Wells. Complete with the classic illustrations of Garth Williams done in full color watercolors by Rosemary Wells. A lovely collector's edition for readers of Charlotte's Web.

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.

A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket, signed by E. B White on a tipped in page. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.

184 pp. Pictures by Garth Williams. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Tanning from the tape use to attach the letter; otherwise a very good copy in a price-clipped jacket which has some tanning to the spine and some edgewear. A one-page typed letter signed by E.B. White on New Yorker letterhead, 26 February 53, is affixed to the front pastedown with tape at corners. The recipient has added a lengthy quotation from E.B. White's letters about Charlotte's Web to the half-title page.

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.

[but ca. 1970-85]. 184 pp. Reprint. Signed by E. B. White on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's pictorial paper-laminate covered boards. Very Good with light soiling to covers and a stray mark to several margins, light bubbling to front paste down. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket which is toned and lightly worn.

Inscribed later printing of the modern children's classic, an exploration of innocence and change, death and courage. One spider's efforts to save a pig from slaughter charmed audiences immediately upon publication, showing that "that human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders." The book was published by Harper under the editorship of Ursula Nordstrom, who was the primary force in fashioning modern children's literature away from morality and education towards imagination and affection. While the inscription is in a later reprint likely dating from the time it was signed (1983), White was not known for signing many books, making this is a special copy. Newbery Honor Award. 8'' x 5''. Original full tan cloth, front board and spine stamped in blue with illustrated title. Original pictorial dust jacket. Blue web-patterned endpapers. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by Garth Williams throughout. [8], 184 pages. Inscribed by White on half title: "Salutations! E.B. White and thanks for your gift to the Center," dates March 1983. Single small tape repair to verso of jacket. Slightest bit of edgewear at foot of jacket spine.

First Edition, First Printing. This copy is SIGNED by E.B. White on a publisher's page before the title page. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. The ORIGINAL dustjacket has NO chips or tears with minor repair The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED E.B. White First Editions.

Complete set of fine illustrations for E.B. White's Some Pig! (from Charlotte's Web), comprising: 21 fine pencil and watercolour drawings on 21 sheets (including 10 double-page drawings, approx. 240 by 465mm.), each signed below image; all loosely inserted within display portfolio; together with copy of the published book. An once in a lifetime opportunity to own a complete set of illustrations of E.B. White's durable classic Charlotte's Web. Our preference is to sell all illustrations as a complete collection instead of separately.

First edition. First issue, with 'First edition, I-B' on verso title page as required. Original publisher's pictorial cloth in (supplied) dustwrapper. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to friend and fellow novelist, Elizabeth Taylor on the front end paper, "For Elizabeth Taylor / and I do like Irish whiskey / E B White". A very good copy, with some toning to the spine and a little wear to the spine ends and slight looseness to the initial pages. The dustwrapper is near fine, clean and bright with trivial wear and a thin chip to one corner. Colour dustwrapper by Garth Williams and numerous line drawings in the text also by Williams. Elizabeth Taylor, the critically regarded British novelist, described by Kingsley Amis as "One of the best English novelists born this century", whose writing career was forced into relative obscurity as a consequence of coinciding with the rise of her more famous namesake, the American actress. Her style was in the mould of Ivy Compton-Burnett, Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Bowen, and has only recently been recognised as one of the most important authors of the twentieth century. She wrote twelve novels and many short stories, most of which were originally published in The New Yorker, where E.B. White's wife, Katherine, was her first editor. Taylor rarely travelled to America so did not often meet White, but they became good friends via a long and frequent correspondence. Charlotte's Web was one of Taylor's favourite books and was a story she read aloud to her grandchildren. E.B.White was known to be a great fan of whiskey, often having a bottle to hand to offer guests and storing all his manuscripts in old whiskey boxes. Presentation copies of Charlotte's Web of significant literary association are genuinely rare.

A fine first edition (First Edition stated on copyright page) in a fine dust jacket, inscribed by White on the half title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Original price of $2.50 still on front flap of dust jacket.