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  “It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky": First Edition of E.B. White's Here is New York; Inscribed by Him

  WHITE, E.B.

  Here Is New York.

  New York: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1949.

  First edition of this classic meditation on the City of New York. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "E.B. White Dec. 1949." Presented above by Katherine White, "Merry Christmas from the Whites." White was a writer and wife of the author. She was the fiction editor for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1960. In 1977, William Shawn wrote, "More than any other editor except Harold Ross himself, Katharine White gave The New Yorker its shape, and set it on its course." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed and inscribed by both White's.

  Price: $7,200.00     Item Number: 74056

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  “The world is full of talkers, but it is rare to find anyone who listens. And I assure you that you can pick up more information when you are listening than when you are talking": First Edition of The Trumpet of the Swan; Inscribed by E.B. White to his secretary in the year of publication

  WHITE, E.B.; Illustrated by Edward Frascino.

  The Trumpet of the Swan.

  New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.

  First edition of White's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Isabel Russell with my best wishes and a loud ko hoh! EB White June 1970." The recipient, Isabel Russell, was the longtime personal secretary and assistant to E. B. White, best known for his classic works Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little as well as his contributions to The New Yorker. Russell’s close professional relationship with White, later documented in The White World of E. B. White (1986), provides valuable insight into the writer’s disciplined creative process, modest personality, and reflections on language and rural life. Beneath White's inscription is a gift inscription written by Russell, "For Jeff and Jane summer of 1996 Isabel Russell." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Edward Frascino. Ownership inscription in blue ballpoint to the top on the rear panel flap.

  Price: $5,500.00     Item Number: 149322

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