1908 The Hole Book Peter Newell First Edition Illustrated Colour Plates

Description: Click here to see our other books! The Hole Book Peter Newell 1908 Harper & Brothers : New York 9" by 7" [49pp.] SUMMARY A brightly illustrated, first edition copy of this charming children's book in which you must "follow the hole", written and illustrated by Peter Newell. Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 15.99 EU Postage: £ 13.99 European Postage: £ 14.99 Asia Postage: £ 18.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99 DESCRIPTION The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth with a large pictorial label applied to the front cover.The first children's novelty book produced by American artist and author, Peter Newell, who went on to create numerous picture books. His humorous depictions often appeared in Harper's Magazines, as well as providing illustrations for many new editions of children's books. This particular work shows the journey of a bullet as it travels many different scenes in the book, narrowly avoiding the other characters. The wayward bullet was fired accidentally by a young boy names Tom Potts, and went on the disturb a laundry room, a child playing outside, a car, and artist, and many others. With an ink inscription to Bryan from Mrs Jansey. CONDITION Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, generally smart, with light bumping to the extremities and spine, with the odd mark to boards. Ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a circular mark to the first twenty-two pages, not affecting the text. The odd handling mark throughout, with a few tears to the page extremities. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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