Here is New York

WHITE, E.B.; CASWELL, Edward C., illustrator

Verlag: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949

"The reader will find certain observations to be no longer true of the city, owing to the passage of time and the swing of the pendulum" WHITE, E.B. Here is New York. NewYork: Harper & Brothers, [1949]. First edition, later printing. Small quarto (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 187 x 130 mm.). [1]-54, [4] pp. Photograph of New York frontispiece and full page illustration [E.B. White's willow tree] by Edward C. Caswell. Publishers gray cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in red, neat ink signature on front flyleaf. A very good copy. "This piece about New York was written in the summer of 1948 during a hot spell. The reader will find certain observations to be no longer true of the city, owing to the passage of time and the swing of the pendulum." (Foreword). E[lwyn] B[rooks] White (1899-1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, Charlotte's Web came in first in their poll of the top one hundred children's novels. In addition, he was a writer and contributing editor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English-language style guide The Elements of Style. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 05737

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Titel: Here is New York
Verlag: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949