London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1907. First UK. Hardcover. Tight binding, clean interior. Covers a bit soiled and with light wear to edges, top/bottom of spine. Book plate inside front cover; inscription. Contains all illustrations.. Crimson cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Protective plastic cover. 274 pp. with 16 bw illustrations. Conan Doyle's recollections of life as a reader. Illustrations of, and the author's comments on, Carlyle, Sir Walter Scott, Samuel Johnson, Edward Gibbon, Pepys, Hawthorne and others. Includes a photo of his study. The book was inscribed to, and the book plate was from, Francis Horner Lyell, a Peer of the British Empire.

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Bookseller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 141311
Title: Through the Magic Door
Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Tight binding, clean interior. Covers a bit soiled and with light wear to edges, top/bottom of spine. Book plate inside front co
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First UK
Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1907
Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Doyle, Sir A.C. ; ;

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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