'but I like animals better than the best people'
LOFTING, Hugh.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle [together with] A page of the original manuscript for 'Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake' [and] TLS.
New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920.
The manuscript is the first page of 'The End of a Dream', chapter 5 in part one of Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake, in which the doctor gives up his dream of lengthening human life. The book was published posthumously in 1948.
Loosely inserted is 1pp TLS to one Benjamin Weil in its original envelope, dated January 24th 1930, in which Lofting talks about his books: 'It was very kind of you to write and tell me you like my books. I am very busy writing a new one now but it is not about Doctor Dolittle. I hope you will like it as well as the stories about him. Maybe there will be a new book about Doctor Dolittle next year'.
From the library of Leslie Bricusse, the multiple Academy Award-nominated and two-time Oscar-winning composer, who wrote the screenplay and songs for the 1967 film adaptation of Doctor Dolittle, including the celebrated 'Talk to the Animals'. He also wrote the book, music and lyrics for the stage musical of the same name, which premiered in 1998.
First edition, first printing, with 1pp of original manuscript, together with 1pp TLS; 8vo; illustrations by the author, including colour frontispiece, near-contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper; publisher's orange cloth, titles to spine in blue, titles and border decoration to upper cover in blue with duplicate of colour frontispiece laid on, titles to spine rubbed, light rubbing to extremities, else very good.
Stock code 121585
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle [together with] A page of the original manuscript for 'Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake' [and] TLS.
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
2003
The first edition, first impression of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a near-fine copy in the original dust-jacket
£250.00
MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator).
Now We Are Six.
1927.
A handsome first edition of Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne with illustrations by E.H. Shepard.
£350.00
CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge]; TENNIEL, John (illustrator).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [with] Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There.
1885.
A handsomely illustrated copy of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.
£1,500.00
GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illustrator)
The Wind in the Willows.
1931.
A charming copy of the perennial children's classic, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and illustrated by E.H. Shepard
£575.00
