first edition
[1908] · New York
by Newell, Peter (Sheaf Hershey).
4to. 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.
(Inventory #: 108066)