Item #108066 The Hole Book. Peter Newell, Sheaf Hershey.
The Hole Book.
The Hole Book.

The Hole Book.

1908. New York: Harper and Brothers, [1908].

4to, 24 leaves, the recto of each printed with an illustration in color and the text on the verso. Brown paper boards with a color print pasted on upper board, in the uncommonly seen dust-jacket (worn and chipped and now preserved in mylar). Damp stains to first and final leaves; good.

§ Early impression of the first edition of this innovative book in which the story of a misfired bullet follows the path a literal hole pierced through the pages. Bingham & Scholt p. 286. Peter Parley to Penrod p. 125. Grolier Children’s 100: 59. Item #108066

Price: $200.00

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