Doctor Dolittle's Post Office

Overview:

  • Title: Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
  • Author: Hugh Lofting
  • Year: 1924
  • Publisher: Jonathan Cape
  • Pages: 320
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
  • Notes: 1st UK ed. {{OCLC|31575811}} (1992 microfilm) OCLC 222374863, 752904489, 561598047: other records as 1924, uninformative Publ date from Amazon UK and US as of 2017-01-09 -- both state ISBN-10 0224604392[*] -- both show front cover images with Lofting illustration that matches the US ed. per Wikipedia, two different designs (three designs in all) [*] for which one WorldCat library record states "(c)1924, 1975 ... Print book : Manuscript Archival Material", {{OCLC|798637287}}

    Not found 2017-01-12 in search of multiple 1924 newspapers for the full 4-word title (nor late 1923/1925 UK newspapers). Two hits indicate a British ed. of this 1923 US book, at the usual Christmas holiday season:   The North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette 1924-09-06 p399: reprint of "the story of the Royal Mail of Fantippo from 'Dr. Dolittle's Post Office' ..." [long excerpt follows]   The Times of India 1924-11-09 p13 "Books Received" [content illegible here, which is common for this newspaper] Search 1924 newspapers for abbreviated title 'Dr. Dolittle's Post Office' hits only the first of these two items.