First printing of this modern children's classic, an exploration of innocence and change, death and courage, a beautiful copy.
Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Price: $2,500.00
"As a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done." – Eudora Welty
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. One of the nicest copies we've seen in some time.
Read more: Welty review "Along Came a Spider," New York Times, October 19, 1952.
New York: Harper and Brothers, (1952). 8'' x 5'' Original full tan cloth, front board and spine stamped in blue with illustrated title. Original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Blue web-patterned endpapers. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by Garth Williams throughout. [8], 184 pages. Book with just trace wear at extremities and a couple of tiny spots of faint soil to cloth. Jacket has some mild toning at folds. Else remarkably bright, clean, and sharp overall.
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