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The Slant Book (Peter Newell Children's Books)

by Newell, Peter

$40 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. pictorial had cover, cloth spine with gilt, 52 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, In verse,Shaped as a parallelogram, Originally published: New York : Harper Bros.,1910, a fine copy. The Slant book, first published in 1910,was one of several written and illustrated by American artist, Peter Newell (1862-1924). In addition to this humerous piece, Newell also illustrated Lewis Carrol s Alice in Wonderland and Through th Looking Glass and Mark Twain s Innocents Abroad, as well as his own Topsy and Turvys... The Hole Book, and The Rocket book.The slant book takes one on an adventure of a runaway baby carriage. The actual slanted pages of the book contribute to the illusion of a hill, down which the carriage is accidentally set adrift.

  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
  • Year: 1967
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover

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