THROUGH THE MAGIC DOOR
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Mild age-darkening to spine panel, spine ends rubbed, a bright, nearly fine copy. (19968)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1907. First edition. Mild age-darkening to spine panel, spine ends rubbed, a bright, nearly fine copy. (19968). Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-v] vi [1] 2-274 [275-280: ads], sixteen inserted plates (reproducing portraits of various authors), original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. A series of literary essays based on some of Doyle's favorite books, with reminiscences of his buying them in his impecunious student days, when buying a book meant skipping a lunch. Green and Gibson B7a.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19968
- Title
- THROUGH THE MAGIC DOOR
- Author
- Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Book Condition
- Used - Mild age-darkening to spine panel, spine ends rubbed, a bright, nearly fine copy. (19968)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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