How to get the first column of all tables using jQuery?

Question

How to get all the first columns of all tables using jQuery?

The code below does not work in IE 6.0, as first-child is not supported there, apparently:

$('table.tblItemTemplate td:first-child'); 

thanks

Answer 1

Edit, below is the best solution:

 $('table.tblItemTemplate td:first-child').addClass('first');