Doctor Dolittle In the Moon

Doctor Dolittle In The Moon by Hugh Lofting. 1956.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lofting, Hugh. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1929. First Edition. Illustrated by Lofting as well. Octavo, 320 pp.; decorative orange & black jacket with illustration; matching decorative boards with the illustration as a pastedown; illustrated endpapers. Near Fine copy,… Read more about this item

London : JONATHAN CAPE, 1942 Pale Blue Cloth Boards with Purple titles to spine and front, 205 x 145 mm approx. Colour illustrated end papers,320pp. Colour frontis and b/w illustrated title + 70 other b/w line drawings by the author all as called for. First Published in 1929 the copy offered is a 1942 reprint in original dust jacket. Good/… Read more about this item

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1929. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good/Good. Illustrated by Lofting, Hugh. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Grey cloth, purple titles and borders. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with some damp marks to edges. Chipping and fraying to cloth, especially to bottom edge of front cover. Some foxing and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape,, 1929. First UK edition, first impression. As noted on the dust jacket, "this new tale of Doctor Dolittle tells of his adventures in the moon whither he journeys on the back of a giant moth". The title was first published in the US the preceding year. Octavo. Original grey cloth, spine and front cover lettered in… Read more about this item

(United States of America): Frederick A. Stokes, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fourth printing. Illustrated by the author. Binding slightly cocked, boards rubbed and soiled with stains, a tiny chip on the rear board, about very good in a good only dust jacket with several chips and tears, and soiling.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/4'' x 5 3/4''. 307pp. Spine a bit cocked. Some spotting to top edge. Dustjacket has wear and some chips. [ see photo ]. Scarce in this condition.

This is a vintage copy of "Doctor Dolittle in the Moon" by Hugh Lofting with its original dust jacket. 1956; J.B. Lippincott Company; Philadelphia and New York. The book features an illustrated title page and drawings throughout by Lofting. From the dust jacket: "This tale of Doctor Dolittle tells of his adventures in the moon, whither he journeys on the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1956. Hardcover. Yellow pictorial cover. Very Good book / no jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, faded. Spine ends and lower corners bumped. Price label ghost to upper corner of front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. vi+186 pages. B&W illustrations by the author throughout. Doctor Dolittle has landed on the Moon… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8 1/8" Tall. 307 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Purple Cloth Stamped In Green, With Paste-On Cover Illustration. Illustrated Endpapers. First Printing. Very Bright And Clean, Hinges Tight, No Fraying, No Marks. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, This Title Subject Of Blurb On Rear… Read more about this item

Philadelphia/New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1928. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Lofting, Hugh. The Eighth book of adventures featuring the famous Doctor & his friends, who in this story travel to the moon & meet a whole new set of friends from the plant kingdom. Orig. published in 1928 by Stokes, this is the 13th Impression… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition. Coloured frontispiece, pictorial title, b&w plates; coloured pictorial endpapers. 8vo, original grey grained cloth blocked in purple; an excellent copy both in binding and internally. 1930's gift inscription on half-title. In the very good dust jacket with applied coloured illustration as issued. The dust jacket darkened at the backstrip, some creasing and slight… Read more about this item

Philadelphia/New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1956. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lofting, Hugh. The Eighth book of adventures featuring the famous Doctor & his friends, who in this story travel to the moon & meet a whole new set of friends from the plant kingdom. In 307 pages, with original pen-and-ink illustrations by the author throughout.… Read more about this item

J.B. Lippincott. 21st. VG / VG -. Hardcover in lightly shelfworn dust jacket / Not dated beyond the 1956 copyright renewal

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Very Good+. ©1956. Hardcover. 186 p. 21 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in orange, cloth-covered illlustrated boards. Light wear to the corners and minor soil to the boards. Small stamp and price erasure on front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A reprint edition of one… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. Fifteenth Impression. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. [Children's Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.320. With a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, colour-illustrated endpapers, and frequent in-text illustrations by the author. Publisher's grey cloth with deep purple titles to spine and upper. Blue ink gift inscription to verso of fly-leaf. Toning and spotting to edges. Spine very heavily rubbed and… Read more about this item

(New York): Frederick A.Stokes, 1936. Hardcover. Good. Fifth printing. Purple cloth with paper illustration on front board. Owner's name on half-title page, gutter cracked, light water stain on bottom edge on rear endpapers, spine faded and cocked, thus good only, lacking the dustwrapper.

Penguin, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. First edition thus. 169 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Illustrated by the author. A Puffin book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inss, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1968. Paperback. Acceptable. 1968. First Edition Thus. 168 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Moderate tanning to pages and illustrations throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front reverse cover. Water staining to edge of pages throughout, text remains unaffected. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light sunning to… Read more about this item