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The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts. Never Before Printed
de Lofting, Hugh
- Usado
- very good
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
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, and the letters he wrote home to his children were the origin of the books he published some years later.
Sinopsis
The Story of Doctor Dolittle is a 1920 book about Doctor John Dolittle and his animals. This book is the first in a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. Doctor Dolittle is a doctor who can speak with the animals in their own languages. He starts treating animals instead of human patients.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140946151
- Título
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts. Never Before Printed
- Autor
- Lofting, Hugh
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1920
Términos de venta
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Sobre el vendedor
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2010
Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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