The Story of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
-
Camden, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Frederick A Stokes Co, 1920. 1st Ed. hardcover. Good-. 8vo, orange cloth binding with color paste-on illustration, corners rubbed, paste-on faded, lettering worn on spine, front inner hinge reglued, ink stamps on verso of frontispiece, some smudges on interior pages, three pages have 1"" tears on top edge, one page has piece of top corner missing, two illustrations missing, 180 pages" .
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
- Stone Soup Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13431
- Title
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle
- Author
- Hugh Lofting
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Edition
- 1st Ed
- Publisher
- Frederick A Stokes Co
- Date Published
- 1920
Terms of Sale
Stone Soup Books
Books are returnable within 14 days. Full refund upon return.
About the Seller
Stone Soup Books
Biblio member since 2004
Camden, Maine
About Stone Soup Books
Established in 1982, Stone Soup Books is a small secondhand bookstore owned by Paul and Agnes Joy in the coastal town of Camden in Maine. With 25,000 books we cater mainly to readers with a large selection of current and classic paperbacks. We also have large sections of nautical, exploration, Maine, gardening, cookbooks, photography, and art books. Our internet stock includes out of print hardcover books, older children's books, and modern first editions.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.