Doctor Dolittle's Return

London, England: Lippincott, 1961. First American Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good+. Lofting, Hugh. Ninth in the series of charming stories about the wondrous doctor, who in this volume returns from the moon. Lovely little copy in a decent DJ! Illustrated by the author with a full-color frontispiece & 14 black-and-white line drawings throughout the text. Originally published in 1933, this is the 16th printing of the 1961 American edition with the copyright renewed by the author's wife. Hardcover 8vo has red cloth-covered boards decorated & lettered in blue to front & spine. An Ex-Lib copy, it is in only Fair condition, downgraded due to heavy rubbing to all extremities, light soil, old library stamps & markings card pocket residue in front matter & to bottom outside page edges. But the text block is secure & hinges intact, text pages unmarked. The partially clipped DJ (with orig. $4.95 price intact to bottom front flap) is VG+: bright & colorful, though with spine fading & scraping/paper loss to lower spine from removal of old call number. But the front design is nearly flawless & completely charming; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.