Lot 138: LOFTING, HUGH.

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)