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The Rocket Book
by Newell, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No DJ Included
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
Item Price
SGD 275.96SGD 165.58
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About This Item
By Peter Newell, author of "The Hole Book". The Rocket Book, Harper & Brothers Stated October, 1912 First Printing. USED. GOOD+ CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET INCLUDED. 7 1/8 X 8 7/8. Seller's Note: Sadly, (no one is sadder than me) the Front paper paste-down label has been removed from cover. Minor corner-bumps. No titling on spine if printed there originally. Pages are all present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. HOLE-DRILLED straight through the book. RARE IN THIS FIRST PRINTING.
Extended Description and Notes
RARE IN THIS FIRST PRINTING. IMPORTANT SELLER NOTE: Front board paper pastedown in not present. Priced accordingly. this one is a nice find. SUMMARY: "In this consummately illustrated story, the janitor's mischievous son lights a rocket hidden in the basement of a towering building, a skyscraper by the era's standards, and sends it blasting vertically upward.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mary Riversong Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 745NewellRocket
- Title
- The Rocket Book
- Author
- Newell, Peter
- Illustrator
- Newell, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing Thus
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Pages
- Unpaginated
- Size
- 7 1/8 X 8 7/8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hole book, Slant book, drilled, novelty, 20th century literature, rare, humor, surprise, rocket, explosion, damage, carelessness, danger, naughty, kids, brats, Americana, antiquarian, Harper and Brothers, Art, Artist, Illustration, Tenement, Apartment, Ur
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction; Fantasy; American History; Dogs; Cartooning; 20th Century Literature; Children's Illustrated Books; Humor; Action & Adventure;
Terms of Sale
Mary Riversong Books
30 day return policy: Customer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Mary Riversong Books
Biblio member since 2017
Salem, Oregon
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About Mary Riversong Books
Mary Riversong Books. Online sales. Used Vintage First Editions. 19th and 20th Century Literature. Agatha Christie. Arthur Conan Doyle. Action & Adventure
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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