White, E. B.

Stuart Little.  New York: Harper & Row, (1945)



8vo (8  1/4  x 5  1/2  in.; 210 x 140 mm).  Illustrated throughout by Garth Williams.  Publisher's green cloth; minor wear at extremities.  Original pictorial dust jacket; some rubbing, wear and some chipping at extremities, creases at lower margin of front cover, price clipped from front flap. 

Philip R. West (inscription of front free endpaper)

8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.; 210 x 140 mm). Illustrated throughout by Garth Williams. Publisher's green cloth; minor wear at extremities. Original pictorial dust jacket; some rubbing, wear and some chipping at extremities, creases at lower margin of front cover, price clipped from front flap.
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First edition, later issue, of E. B. White's first children's book, signed by him on the title-page.  Scarce.  Although, signed or inscribed copies of White's second children's book, Charlotte's Web, are scarce, signed copies of Stuart Little are even rarer and more sought-after.