The Story of Doctor Dolittle. by LOFTING, Hugh - 1920: Being the History of his Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts. Never Before Printed.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. First edition, first printing, of the first book in the Doctor Dolittle series which would run to 15 titles. The US edition predates the UK edition by four years. The series has been adapted many times including films starring Rex Harrison or Eddie Murphy and a stage musical by Leslie Bricusse. Original pale orange cloth, spine and front cover lettered in blue, pictorial label to front cover, illustrated endpapers. Coloured frontispiece, 2 plates, 9 full-page illustrations, 21 illustrations in text, and decorated initials, all by the author. Spine tips slightly bumped, spine toned, extremities slightly rubbed; a very good and internally clean copy.