The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part IV

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Lot 114
  • 114

Newell, Peter

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • The Slant Book. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910
  • Paper
slanting 4to (223 x 175mm.), FIRST EDITION, 22 full page colour illustrations, blue cloth backed pictorial boards, DUST-JACKET, collector's slanting black box, corners of boards slightly bumped, lightly soiled dust-jacket slightly worn with some minor losses at head and foot of spine and at edges

Catalogue Note

Another of Newell's interactive books for children, recounting the story of baby Bobby's journey rolling down hill in his baby carriage. Newell received patents for most of his ingenious designs.