The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts
by Hugh Lofting
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921. Good. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920 [1921 Seventh Printing]. Octavo; publisher's orange pictorial cloth, color pictorial element mounted to upper cover; x,[2],180pp.; color pictorial endpapers, full-page illus. throughout. Boards rather worn and textblock crudely glued to binding, faint discoloration to margins and spine, hinges slightly cracked, contemporary gift inscription effaced on half title, else a Good copy overall.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7820
- Title
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts
- Author
- Hugh Lofting
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Spine
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cracked
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