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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Through the Magic Door. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1907.
8vo. 16 plates. (Few minor spots to title-page). Original gilt-stamped red cloth (spine gently sunned).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, INSCRIBED BY DOYLE on the title-page. This work “gives you glimpses of the days when Conan Doyle was a struggling beginner in literature. Discussing the books on his library shelves, he picks out certain of them, each one of which, bought in student days when he was not affluent, it had cost him a lunch to buy…” (Bookman, November 12, Vol. 43, p. 104). Green and Gibson B7a.