Doctor Dolittle's Return
by LOFTING, Hugh
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1933. Cloth. Near fine. Hugh LOFTING. [FICTION]. Hugh LOFTING, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; [vi] vii-viii [iv], [1] 2-273pp; orange ribbed cloth over board, color pictorial onlaid on front, decoration in green and lavender to front, green lettering on spine; green and black pictorial endpapers with author/artist name; color frontispiece with tissue guard, b&w pictorial title page; 14 b&w full-page illustrations by the author; lightly cocked forward, lacking its dust jacket; near fine. This volume is the tenth in the series of Doctor Dolittle books and continues the fanciful adventures of the physician who prefers animals to humans and is able to communicate with them in their own languages. Written by Hugh Lofting (1886-1947), an English engineer who served in WWI and after being wounded, moved with his family to Connecticut. He won the Newberry Medal for the second book in the series, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1480
- Title
- Doctor Dolittle's Return
- Author
- LOFTING, Hugh
- Illustrator
- Hugh LOFTING
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Children
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
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Thomaston, Maine
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