White’s elegance, simplicity, and dry wit balance both his poetry and prose. He was on staff at the New Yorker, wrote for Harper’s Magazine, and published works of poetry and prose before trying his hand at writing for children. In less than three months from publication, 100,000 copies were sold, and over the next thirty years its distribution grew to 2.5 million copies in English and many more in translation (American National Biography).Į. There, shepherded by the distinguished editor Ursula Nordstrom and felicitously illustrated by Garth Williams, the book was eventually published… to high acclaim”(Silvey, 677). 'The story had been brewing with White for years as a disconnected series of bedtime tales for his nieces and nephews by the time it came to Harper. This classic children's book tells the story of Stuart Little, a shy, philosophical little mouse with a big heart and a taste for adventure. The book has been beautifully rebound in quarter Moroccan green leather and tan cloth binding, with a fanciful illustration of Stuart Little on the front, gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands to the spine, and a new tan cloth slipcase with an inlay of the original front panel. This is a first edition, first printing with the codes “10-5” and “I-U” on the copyright page. The book was published in New York by Harper & Brothers in 1945. Presented is a first edition of the beloved children’s book Stuart Little by Elwyn Brooks White and illustrated by Garth Williams.

Presented with a new archival tan cloth slipcase with an inlay of the original front panel. Rebound in 1/4 green leather and tan cloth with a color illustration of Stuart Little inlaid on the front, gilt tooling, titles, and raised bands to the spine. It is on this search, after several amusing experiences, that we leave Stuart, going North in his little car, sure he is heading in the right direction.White, Elwyn Brooks. His great adventure comes when, at the age of seven, he sets out in the world to seek his dearest friends, Margalo, a beautiful little bird fern. But on the whole his life is a happy one. His size - just over two inches - does give him some trouble now and then, like the time he was rolled up in the window shade, or when he got dumped in to a garbage scow. In spite of his small size, Stuart gets around a good bit in the world, riding a Fifth Avenue bus with some aplomb, racing (and winning in) a sailboat in Central Park, teaching school for a day, and so on. He is a great help around the house, and everybody except Snowbell the cat likes him a great deal. Littles and is a pleasantly debonair little character, with a shy, engaging manner and a somewhat philosophical turn of mind. Stuart Little, the hero, is a mouse in the family of the Frederick C. Item #302152 ISBN: 9780064400565 This is the first children's book by the distinguished author, E. White, E B Williams, Garth (Illustrator) Stuart Little

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