NMLP P-036619 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White (illus. Garth Williams) · Harper & Brothers · 1952

The US Harper & Brothers edition (published October 15, 1952) is the true first. The UK Hamish Hamilton edition also appeared in 1952 but follows the American issue. Identify the first printing by the 'I-B' (September 1952) copyright-page code, not by the 'First Edition' slug alone.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036619 for "Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White (illus. Garth Williams) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036619, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).