It's also a tribute to the sheer implausibility of the place-the tangled infrastructure, the teeming humanity, the dearth of air and light. Written during the summer of 1948, well after the author and editor had taken up permanent residence in Maine, Here Is New York is a fond glance back at the city of his youth, when White was one of the 'young worshipful beginners' who give New York its passionate character. The New York Times has named Here is New York one of the ten best books ever written about the metropolis, and The New Yorker calls it 'the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed and inscribed. In 1977,ÂWilliam ShawnÂwrote, 'More than any other editor exceptÂHarold RossÂhimself, Katharine White gaveÂThe New YorkerÂits shape, and set it on its course.' Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

She was the fiction editor for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1960. 1949.' Presented above by Katherine White, 'Merry Christmas from the Whites.' White was a writer and wife of the author. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'E.B.White Dec. The New Yorker calls it ?the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.? - Roger Angell.įirst edition of this classic meditation on the City of New York. 'Here is New York' has been chosen by The New York Times as one of the ten best books ever written about the city. Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, the author's stroll around Manhattan, with the reader arm-in-arm, remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America?s foremost literary figures. White sat in a New York City hotel room and, sweltering in the heat, wrote a remarkable pristine essay, 'Here is New York'. Housed in a green leather backed clamshell slipcase, raised bands gilt lettered spine.

1949'', publisher's red stamped tan cloth binding, with the original DJ - NOT price clipped, minor rubbing to head and foot of spine, inner and outer hinges fine, internally clean and bright, rubbing to dust jacket head and foot of spine and back corners with some minor loss, overall VG/VG.

1 vol., first printing with the 'I-Y' code on the copyright page, inscribed on the front blank endleaf by White 'Merry Christmas from the Whites E. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING PRESENTATION COPY.

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