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(via BibliOdyssey: The Rocket Book)

American artist and author, Peter Newell (1862-1924), established his credentials providing humorous illustrations for famous magazines and newspapers in the last two decades of the 19th century…

‘The Rocket Book’ (1912) by Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell is available from the Library of Congress via the Center for the Book’s read.gov portal.

 I own a copy of this book! Its so cool and has a hole going all the way through where the rocket went through all the floors ont he building. I love it so much. The illustrations are so great and some of it jsut makes me laugh out loud. Ive loved it since I was a little girl.

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