Hugh Lofting Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Hugh Lofting Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 11, 2020
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOOLITTLE BY HUGH LOFTING 1920
Est: $150 - $200
Frederick A. Stokes Company. Copyright date 1920, in very good condition. Illustrated throughout by the author. color front with tissue-guards, pictorial endpapers. (8vo), decorative red cloth, color pictorial cover label. Loftings beloved Doctor Doolittle series, first book. Illustrated inside covers front and back. A small tear in the top of the spine, but no bent pages, previous owners name written on the inside back of the flyleaf. No Dust Jacket. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean.
The Rug Life Auctions
Jul. 16, 2020
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOOLITTLE BY HUGH LOFTING 1920
Est: $150 - $200
Frederick A. Stokes Company. Copyright date 1920, in very good condition. Illustrated throughout by the author. color front with tissue-guards; pictorial endpapers. (8vo), decorative red cloth, color pictorial cover label. Lofting's beloved Doctor Doolittle series, first book. Illustrated inside covers front and back. A small tear in the top of the spine, but no bent pages, previous owners name written on the inside back of the flyleaf. No Dust Jacket. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean.
The Rug Life Auctions
Jun. 23, 2020
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOOLITTLE BY HUGH LOFTING 1920
Est: $150 - $200
Frederick A. Stokes Company. Copyright date 1920, in very good condition. Illustrated throughout by the author. color front with tissue-guards; pictorial endpapers. (8vo), decorative red cloth, color pictorial cover label. Lofting's beloved Doctor Doolittle series, first book. Illustrated inside covers front and back. A small tear in the top of the spine, but no bent pages, previous owners name written on the inside back of the flyleaf. No Dust Jacket. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean.
The Rug Life Auctions
Mar. 10, 2020
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOOLITTLE BY HUGH LOFTING 1920
Est: $150 - $200
Frederick A. Stokes Company. Copyright date 1920, in very good condition. Illustrated throughout by the author. color front with tissue-guards; pictorial endpapers. (8vo), decorative red cloth, color pictorial cover label. Lofting's beloved Doctor Doolittle series, first book. Illustrated inside covers front and back. A small tear in the top of the spine, but no bent pages, previous owners name written on the inside back of the flyleaf. No Dust Jacket. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean.
The Rug Life Auctions
Feb. 11, 2020
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOOLITTLE BY HUGH LOFTING - 1920
Est: $150 - $200
Frederick A. Stokes Company. Copyright date 1920, in very good condition. Illustrated throughout by the author. color front with tissue-guards; pictorial endpapers. (8vo), decorative red cloth, color pictorial cover label. Lofting's beloved Doctor Doolittle series, first book. Illustrated inside covers front and back. A small tear in the top of the spine, but no bent pages, previous owners name written on the inside back of the flyleaf. No Dust Jacket. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean.
The Rug Life Auctions
Jan. 14, 2020
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOOLITTLE - HUGH LOFTING - 1920
Est: $150 - $200
Frederick A. Stokes Company. Copyright date 1920, in very good condition. Illustrated throughout by the author. color front with tissue-guards; pictorial endpapers. (8vo), decorative red cloth, color pictorial cover label. Lofting's beloved Doctor Doolittle series, first book. Illustrated inside covers front and back. A small tear in the top of the spine, but no bent pages, previous owners name written on the inside back of the flyleaf. No Dust Jacket. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean.
The Rug Life Auctions
Dec. 23, 2019
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOOLITTLE - HUGH LOFTING - 1920
Est: $150 - $200
Frederick A. Stokes Company. Copyright date 1920, in very good condition. Illustrated throughout by the author. color front with tissue-guards; pictorial endpapers. (8vo), decorative red cloth, color pictorial cover label. Lofting's beloved Doctor Doolittle series, first book. Illustrated inside covers front and back. A small tear in the top of the spine, but no bent pages, previous owners name written on the inside back of the flyleaf. No Dust Jacket. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean.
The Rug Life Auctions
Jun. 13, 2019
LOFTING, HUGH. 1886-1947. 12 Dr. Doolittle titles:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LOFTING, HUGH. 1886-1947. 12 Dr. Doolittle titles: Dr. Doolittle. 1922. * The Voyage of Dr. Doolittle. 1923. * Doctor Doolittle's Post Office. 1924. * Doctor Doolittle's Circus. 1925. * Doctor Doolittle's Zoo. 1926. * Doctor Doolittle's Caravan. 1927. * Doctor Doolittle's Garden. 1928. * Doctor Doolittle in the Moon. 1929. * Doctor Doolittle's Return. 1933. * Doctor Doolittle and the Secret Lake. 1949. * Doctor Doolittle and the Green Canary. 1951. * Doctor Doolittle's Puddleby Adventures. 1953.All British editions, published in London by Jonathan Cape. Bound as a set in full morocco by Bayntun, each in a different color, 5 raised gilt-decorated bands on the spines, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Very minor shelfwear, some browning and spotting to interiors.A nearly complete set of the iconic Doctor Doolittle books by Lofting, lacking only Gub Gub's Book, which was a spin-off of one of the characters, and Doctor Doolittle's Birthday Book, which was made up of quotations from earlier books.
Bonhams
Mar. 19, 2014
LOFTING, Hugh : ( 1886-1947 ) ' Chee-Chee, the
Est: £80 - £120
LOFTING, Hugh : ( 1886-1947 ) ' Chee-Chee, the Monkey in Adventures of Dr. Doolittle ' sketch with cut signature below, framed.
Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Dec. 15, 2011
LOFTING, HUGH.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
COLLECTION OF EIGHT VOLUMES, COMPRISING: The Story of Doctor Dolittle. New York: Stokes, 1920, first edition of the first book in the series, presentation copy inscribed by the author ("...this copy of the First Edition is inscribed with Sincere Regards from Hugh Lofting Beverly Hills Nov 17 1934."), collector's box, [Peter Parley to Penrod p. 138], some spotting and browning, splitting at foot of gutter at end, binding rubbed; Doctor Dolittle's Post Office. Cape, 1924, dust-jacket, ownership inscription; Doctor Dolittle's Zoo. Cape, 1926, dust-jacket; Doctor Dolittle's Caravan. Cape, 1927, dust-jacket; Doctor Dolittle's Garden. Cape, 1928, dust-jacket, ownership inscription; Doctor Dolittle in the Moon. Cape, 1929, dust-jacket, ownership inscription; Doctor Dolittle's Return. Cape, 1933, dust-jacket; Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake. Cape, 1949, dust-jacket, ownership inscription; all 8vo, original cloth, coloured frontispiece and other illustrations by the author, illustrated endpapers, bindings slightly bumped, dust-jackets occasionally soiled and frayed (8)
Sotheby's
Dec. 13, 2006
LOFTING, Hugh (1886-1947). The Story of Doctor Dolittle Being the history of his peculiar life
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LOFTING, Hugh (1886-1947). The Story of Doctor Dolittle Being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts. Never before printed. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. 8 o. Illustrated by the author. (Pale stain at lower corner of half-title and title.) Original pictorial cloth (a few spots on front cover); dust jacket (a few chips at edges and ends of spine panel, larger marginal loss on upper edge of rear panel, spine and joints slightly darkened, a few tape reinforcements on verso); quarter morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION.
Christie's
Apr. 27, 2005
LOFTING, Hugh (1886-1947). The Story of Doctor Dolittle Being the history of his peculiar
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LOFTING, Hugh (1886-1947). The Story of Doctor Dolittle Being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts. Never before printed. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. 8 o. Illustrated by the author. Original pictorial cloth; dust jacket (front flap slightly discolored, minor marginal staining to spine panel, a few short tears to ends of spine panel and edges); quarter morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION, with a printed compliment slip by Frederick A. Stokes Company laid in.
Christie's
May. 13, 2004
The Twilight of Magic
Est: $250 - $350
vi, [2], 303 pp. Illustrated by Lois Lenski, including color frontispiece. 8x5 1/4, purple cloth, paper spine and front cover labels, color pictorial endpapers; color pictorial jacket. First Edition.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
May. 13, 2004
The Story of Mrs. Tubbs
Est: $120 - $180
Illustrated by the author, including some color plates. Oblong, 5x7, blue cloth with color pictorial label inset. Second Printing.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers