The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part IV

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Lot 113
  • 113

Newell, Peter

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • The Hole Book. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1908
  • Paper
4to (218 x 170mm.), FIRST EDITION, full-page illustrations by the author, original blue cloth with illustration laid down on upper cover, DUST-JACKET, upper cover very slightly bowed, some light spotting and browning, dust-jacket worn at extremities with some losses, particularly to foot of spine

Provenance

George Cosmatos; his sale, Sotheby's London, 23 March 2005, lot 139

Catalogue Note

Each illustration throughout this charming story is themed around the literal die-cut hole which appears in the centre of every leaf, following the path of a bullet inadvertently fired by little Tom Potts, which finally ends up embedded in a large cake.