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1 Lofting, Hugh Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake
Philidelphia & New York J. B. Lippincott Company 1948 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket Hugh Lofting 
COLOR PLATE FRONTIS, 44 ILLUSTRATIONS "The book was published posthumously in 1948, 15 years after its predecessor. Fittingly, it is the longest book in the series, and the tone is the darkest; between the books was World War II, during which Lofting had published his anti-war poem Victory for the Slain. The book contains passages that almost border on being misanthropic with some very powerful passages concerning war and Man's inhumanity to man. The book starts with the Doctor giving up his dream of lengthening human life with discoveries he made on the Moon, and showing signs of despair. The tone of the passages for the first time acknowledges 'nature red in tooth and claw': another of the Doctor's experiments, a house where scavengers and parasites can live without harming other creatures, is also doomed to failure. The Doctor then receives an urgent call to rescue what is literally his oldest friend: Mudface the Giant Turtle, who was a passenger on Noah's Ark. We finally hear Mudface's tale of the Great Flood which was missing from Doctor Dolittle's Post Office. Mudface's account of the Flood and its aftermath takes up most of the book, and it is by no means a jolly story. There are many references to genocide and slavery; not to mention a passage where animals gather outside a hut to devour the humans inside (a young man and his beloved, who are the most sympathetic characters next to Mudface and his mate). Comedy is reduced to a mere sprinkling, just enough to lighten some of the more dark passages. The book stands alone in style but with, arguably, some of Hugh Lofting's most powerful writing. Also of note is that Lofting's depiction of African characters is far less caricatured than in previous novels." Wikipedia "Why do you call it the Secret Lake?" asked the Doctor. "Because it has never been visited by man since the Flood," Very good orange illustrated cloth. Color pastedown illustration on cover. Color illustrated endpapers. Light wear. (1948), 8vo, xii, [2], 3-366pp. First Edition stated. 
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2 Lofting, Hugh Doctor Dolittle's Circus
Philidelphia & New York J. B. Lippincott Company 1952 Twenty-Sixth Printing Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket Ex-School Hugh Lofting 
79 ILLUSTRATIONS "Doctor Dolittle's Circus, written by Hugh Lofting and published in 1924 by Lippincott, is set in England sometime between the original story and the later voyages narrated by Stubbins. The doctor needs money to pay off a voyage to Africa, so he joins the circus with the pushmi-pullyu as his attraction. He enlightens a circus owner who cares little for animals, fights against the practice of fox hunting and helps other creatures such as a circus seal and cart horses too old to work." Wikipedia Very good yellow green illustrated cloth. Some wear, usual school markings. (1952), (1924), 8vo, x, [2], 379pp. [1] 
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3 Lofting, Hugh Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. J. B. Lippincott Company 1952 First Edition Hard Cover Good No Jacket Ex School Library Hugh Lofting 
COLOR PLATE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATIONS "Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 The Story of Doctor Dolittle. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world. Doctor Dolittle first saw light in the author's illustrated letters to children, written from the trenches during World War I when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible or too dull. The stories are set in early Victorian England, where Doctor John Dolittle lives in the fictional village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country. Doctor Dolittle has a few close human friends, including Tommy Stubbins and Matthew Mugg, the Cats'-Meat Man. The animal team includes Polynesia (a parrot), Gub-Gub (a pig), Jip (a dog), Dab-Dab (a duck), Chee-Chee (a monkey), Too-Too (an owl), the Pushmi-pullyu, and a White Mouse later named simply "Whitey"." Wikipedia Very good green color illustrated cloth. Light use, ex-library markings.(1952), 8vo, xi, [3], 2-241pp. First Edition Stated 
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