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About this Item

Title

  • The rocket book

Summary

  • The upward progress of a rocket, lit in the basement by the janitor's son, causes some strange situations as it passes through twenty floors of apartments.

Names

  • Newell, Peter, 1862-1924, author.
  • MacCloskey, Monro, donor.
  • Patterson, Mary Marvin Breckinridge, 1905-2002, donor.

Created / Published

  • New York : Harper & Brothers, [1912]
  • ©1912

Headings

  • -  Toy and movable books--Specimens
  • -  Apartment houses--Fiction

Notes

  • -  Illustrated title page.
  • -  A die-cut hole is in the center of each illustration, as the rocket blasts through.
  • -  Patterson gift.
  • -  LAC tnb 2020-09-01 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PZ8.3.N46 R
  • PZ8.3.N46 R Copy 2 Gift of Gen. Monro MacCloskey, 3 May 1974; Inscription: A merry Xmas to Lara from Cousin Helen.
  • PZ8.3.N46 R Copy 3 Gift of Mrs. Jefferson Patterson, Feb. 12, 1980.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12023925

OCLC Number

  • 3118415

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Newell, Peter, Author, Monro Maccloskey, and Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson. The Rocket Book. [New York: Harper & Brothers, ©, 1912] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/12023925/.

APA citation style:

Newell, P., Maccloskey, M. & Patterson, M. M. B. (1912) The Rocket Book. [New York: Harper & Brothers, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/12023925/.

MLA citation style:

Newell, Peter, Author, Monro Maccloskey, and Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson. The Rocket Book. [New York: Harper & Brothers, ©, 1912] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/12023925/>.