New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920.
Price: $4,500.00
Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated throughout by Lofting along with a color frontispiece. Orange boards with title and decoration in blue with tipped on color illustrations on the front board. Very good with two small expertly repaired tears on the first two pages, some soiling on the spine and rear board and wear at the extremities, lacking the rare dust jacket. Warmly and playfully Inscribed by Lofting: "To Mrs. R.W. Fuller Whose business methods are almost as unusual as John Dolittle's, quite as convincingly effectual - and even more agreeable to come contact with, this volume is inscribed with the Author's very sincere regards H.L. New York April 1921." Fuller was an estate agent in Connecticut where Lofting spent his summers. Given the cheeky inscriptions about her business, the two were well aquatinted. A charmingly inscribed copy of the first book of the hugely popular children's book series.
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