New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company / Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First trade edition. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over darker blue spine cloth. Very Good with toning, darkening, mellow staining and edge wear to covers, toning to pages. The first trade edition of the notorious writing guide..... More
Ithaca, NY: Privately Printed, 1919. The 1919 privately printed edition; the second of two privately published editions; preceding the publication of the first trade edition. Near Fine with light rubbing and toning to wraps, former owner name and street address to title page of a Cornell student living at the..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. Third printing thus. Signed by E.B. White on the front free endpaper and inscribed in chicken scratch to Louisa Kennedy (1934-2007), "For Louisa - whose writing and clarifications will one day, [illegible] and, no doubt, enlarge on what Will Strunk and I have advocated..... More