first edition Color frontispiece, two black and white plates, illustrations throughout (some full page). xii, 180 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1920 · New York
by Lofting, Hugh
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1920. First edition. Color frontispiece, two black and white plates, illustrations throughout (some full page). xii, 180 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Orange boards decoratively stamped in blue, printed color illustration affixed to upper board. Fine fresh copy in very good plus dust jacket (slightly chipped at head of spine panel, tiny losses at corners). First edition. Color frontispiece, two black and white plates, illustrations throughout (some full page). xii, 180 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A superb copy of one of the greatest twentieth-century children’s books, introducing the beloved doctor in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, the “unworldly, deeply (truncated)