Search Results: the story of doctor dolittle by hugh lofting

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated throughout by Lofting along with a color frontispiece. Orange boards with title and decoration in blue with tipped on color illustrations on the front board. Very good with two small expertly repaired tears on the first two pages, some soiling on the spine and rear board and wear at the extremities, lacking the rare dust jacket. Warmly and playfully Inscribed by Lofting: "To Mrs. R.W. Fuller Whose business methods are almost as unusual as John Dolittle's, quite as convincingly effectual - and even more agreeable to come contact with, this volume is inscribed with the Author's very sincere regards H.L. New York April 1921." Fuller was an estate agent in Connecticut where Lofting spent his summers. Given the cheeky inscriptions about her business, the two were well aquatinted. A charmingly inscribed copy of the first book of the hugely popular children's book series.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1920. first edition. Hardcover. Good. 6 x 8 in. 180 pp. Orange cloth boards with blue tiles and color plate. Color endpapers. Inscribed by Lofting on the half title pg, in black ink, dated 1921, Westport. Condition of book is GOOD ; both hinges are started, with muslin exposed but holding. Covers have wear and some surface loss to the blue. Corners and spine ends worn. Small tear ar rear spine head. PO's small stamp on front pastedown, Gift inscription on 2nd blank endpaper. 14 pgs of early text have some mild spots. Chil. RGR.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1923. First Edition, Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.5 in. xii, 180 pp. Fair in original red cloth boards with black decorative titling and illustrated plate on the front. The cloth is fraying on the spine and the front hinge is split towards the top, as are the interior hinges. A prior owner has place a small black-and-white picture of Lofting on the lower front free endpaper, as well as two book plates on the interior front cover. The first book in the Dolittle series, inscribed by Lofting on the front free endpaper, "For Alice, with the Author's Sincere Regards, Hugh Lofting.

New York: Books of Wonder, 1997. First edition thus. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first Hague-illustrated edition of this beloved tale of a bumbling docor who learns how to talk to animals - with original drawing of a monkey in a hat. Michael Hague's detailed style is very much in the aesthetic tradition of Golden Age artists like Howard Pyle and Arthur Rackham. His illustrations for collections of classic stories make his art a touchstone of many childhoods, and a visual delight for all readers. Copies of Hague first editions with original drawings are highly sought. 9'' x 6.5''. Original blue cloth boards. Original unclipped ($20.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white. Foreword by Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack and afterword by Peter Glassman. 160 pages. Signed by Hague to verso of front flyleaf, with original drawing of a monkey in a hat. Clean and bright.

New York: Books of Wonder & William Morrow, 1997. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New clothbound hardcover in a Fine/As New dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. "When a swallow arrives in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh with the news that the monkeys of Africa are ill and only the doctor who talks with animals can save them, Doctor Dolittle and such good friends as Jip, his loyal dog, and Dab-Dab, his housekeeper duck, face their greatest challenge." The first book of adventures of the good doctor. Written by Hugh Lofting (1886-1947); illustrated by Michael Hague; foreword by Patricia and Frederick McKissack; afterword by Peter Glassman. SIGNED BY HAGUE on the half-title; no inscription. xiv + 159 pages; full-page color and b&w illustrations + illustrated endpapers; 7 x 9.25 inches.

Books of Wonder, 1997. 3rd printing. Slight wear to spine tips, still fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.. Signed by Illustrator, Michael Hague on bookplate on half-title.