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HarperCollins, 1997. Book. Illus. by Michael Hague. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. Michael Hague's signature laid in, otherwise unmarked. Glossy dust jacket moderately worn. Binding square & firm..

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.

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: 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: 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 Company, 1920. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Hugh Lofting on the half-title and inscribed, "Sincerely Yours: Hugh Lofting: New York: Nov. 11 '21." [x], 180 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth stamped in blue with pictorial onlay to front cover; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Chromolithographic frontispiece with tissue guard depicting "The Farewell Feast", 9 full page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations, 2 tipped-in black and white halftone plates. Very Good with slight lean to binding with tender hinges. Light soiling and edge wear, faint staining to covers, ripple to front. Several hinges over-opened throughout; bottom corners bumped. Three full page illustrations and 5 in-text illustrations have been colored in with pencil, neatly. Dr. Dolittle, the traveler who can talk to animals, has become a classic figure in Anglo-American children's literature. Hugh Lofting (1886-1947) served in the Irish Guards during WWI,… Leer más

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 Company, 1920. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated throughout by Lofting, along with a color frontispiece. Orange boards with title and decorations in blue with tipped-on color illustration on the front board. About fine with hint of wear at the spine ends and small wrinkle on the cloth in a good or better dust jacket expertly repaired at the folds, light toning, and some small tears, perimeter nicks and chips on the spine. Inscribed by the author: "for Betty Lou Burns with the Author's warm regards, Hugh Lofting." Additionally, Lofting has drawn a small self-portrait at the bottom of the page that he's captioned: "Myself at the age of 20." A wonderful inscribed copy of the first book of the hugely popular children's book series with its rare dust jacket and an original illustration by the author.