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New York: Lippincott, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Hugh Lofting. Good book, missing dust jacket. Blue cloth illustrated boards, with black illustration printed on front panel. Many black and white interior illustrations. Color pictorial end papers. Full color frontispiece. Pages clean and unmarked. Lippincott hard cover, missing dust jacket, 1926 edition, 12th printing, 342 pages, illustrated by the author. 8vo (8.25"" x 5.5"") 6th entry in Dr. Dolittle series, preceded by Doctor Dolittle's Zoo, and followed by Doctor Dolittle's Garden. The novel disrupts the chronological order of the series, with events occurring between Doctor Dolittle's Circus and The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle despite the book's publication between Doctor Dolittle's Zoo and Doctor Dolittle's Garden. This book is the follow-up to Doctor Dolittle's Circus, for the Doctor (at this point in time) is still operating the circus he inherited from the runaway former owner, Albert Blossom. In this novel, Doctor Dolittle creates a Canary Opera…
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