Doctor Doolittle's Garden (1927 1st ed.)
by Hugh Lofting
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Germantown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Doctor Doolittle's Garden by Hugh Lofting
Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. Hardcover green cloth with paste down illustration borders and designs in black. First edition of the eighth book in the Doolittle series, illustrated by Lofting w a color frontis and endpapers, and numerous B&W drawings. Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 The Story of Doctor Dolittle. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favor of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages.
Condition: Very good. The pastedown is a little rubbed, and the titles on the spine are faded. There's a prev owner's name in pencil in front dated 1927.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camphor Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio916
- Title
- Doctor Doolittle's Garden (1927 1st ed.)
- Author
- Hugh Lofting
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Doctor Doolittle, Hugh Lofting, Children's books, illustrated books, animals, nature, cartoons, insects, baboons, Victorian England, Newbery Medal, Puddleby, Pushmi-Pullyu, gardens
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