Charlotte's Webb
by E.B. White
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
Item Price
NZ$33.17NZ$19.90
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Row, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Although there is no edition statement the 1952 copyright date and letters "H-K" by Harper & BROTHERS (not Harper & Row) suggest an early printing of the first edition. 184 p. with name of former owner on upper margin of pictorial front end page; occasional faint stains; pp. 182-184 detached and back gutter cracked. Wonderful ill. In absence of d.j. the boards have some buming and rubbing, faint stains and a couple of stray pen marks near upper edge of back panel. Needs some TLC.
Synopsis
Charlotte’s Web (1952) by E. B. White is a piece of classic children’s literature. Fern Arable, a young girl growing up on a farm, pleads with her father to not butcher the runt of a recently birthed litter of pigs. After being spared, Wilbur the pig spends some time as Fern’s pet before being sold to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman, at which point Wilbur’s adventure truly begins. After being rejected by the other animals at Homer’s farm, Wilbur strikes up an unlikely friendship with Charlotte, a spider whose silky web resides near the pig. When Wilbur learns that he is to be butchered, his arachnid companion hatches a daring plan to save his life. The famous novel has been adapted into a movie, video game, stage production, and is soon to be made into a television series. A feat of storytelling, Charlotte’s Web won the Laura Ingall’s Wilder Medal and was a Newbery Honor book in 1953. Charlotte's Web is one of the best-selling paperbacks of all time. E.B. White rarely signed books, so a signed first edition can run anywhere from a few thousand dollars, to over $25,000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Harper Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 077616
- Title
- Charlotte's Webb
- Author
- E.B. White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Date Published
- 1952-01-01
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Harper Books LLC
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Hyattsville, Maryland
About Robert Harper Books LLC
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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