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DOCTOR DOLITTLE'S CARAVAN
by HUGH LOFTING
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE, 1927 Pale blue/gray cloth boards with purple titles to spine and front board. 205 x 140 mm approx.colour birds Illustrated end papers. 320pp. All illustrations as called for. First Edition 1st printing 1927. Fair (Book- Cloth splitting at spine edge to front board,spine sunned, ink gift inscription christmas 1927 to half title. Several of the b/w illustrations have been coloured by a child's hand. A few corners turned and occassional marginal soiling. A Reading copy only of the first edition). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 122093
- Title
- DOCTOR DOLITTLE'S CARAVAN
- Author
- HUGH LOFTING
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- JONATHAN CAPE
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Hugh Lofting, Doctor Dolittle's Caravan, Children's Books, Childrens Illustrated Books,
Terms of Sale
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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....
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