VTG Doctor Dolittle A Treasury 1967 Hugh Lofting HC DJ 1st Ed. 2nd Printing 246 Pages. 10 1/4” X 7 1/4”. Used. Condition Is “Very Good”. Paper Dust Jacket Is Torn On Top Of Spine About One Inch. A Couple Little Tears On Top Front Edge And A Little Wavy On Back Top Edge. Two Faded Spots On Front Cover. Some Oxidation On Inside Of Dust Jacket And A Little On Outside. Overall Dust Jacket In Pretty Good Shape. Hard Cover Book Has Some Slight Yellowing On Inside Cover. Over All Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Shipped Via USPS Media Mail 1213

Great Illustrations Of A Collection of Dr. Dolittle

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Lofting, 1866 - 1947 Hugh Lofting was born in 1866 in Maidenhead, England. He trained as a civil engineer, getting his education from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Polytechnic Institute of London. He worked in Africa, the West Indies and Canada and then settled in New York to become a writer. The stories about Doctor Dolittle began as letters to his children while overseas in England during World War I, where Lofting served with the British Army. The first Doctor Dolittle book published was "The Story of Doctor Dolittle" in 1920. he wrote thirteen more of them, winning the Newberry Medal in 1923 for "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle." Lofting illustrated all of the Dolittle books himself. In 1967, the Doctor Dolittle books were made into a musical film starring Rex Harrison. Hugh Lofting died in 1947 at the age of 81.

The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts, written and illustrated by Hugh Lofting, is the first of his Doctor Dolittle books, a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. It was one of the novels in the series which was adapted into the film Doctor Dolittle. This treasury is a compilation of some of the stories:

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle's Circus

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle's Post Office

Doctor Dolittle's Caravan

Doctor Doittle and the Green Canary

Doctor Doittle and the Secret Lake

Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures