Through the Magic Door

Through the Magic Door . An essay about exploring books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Creator of The Sherlock Holmes Series. His subject is the charisma and charm of books. Creative visualization. Doyle invites readers to enjoy the greatest minds of all times through what they have left behind and argues that, when we read, the selfishness and hopelessness of… Read more about this item

London: George Bell & Sons, 1907. The "Magic Door" is Doyle's relation to books and authors he has read. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Colonial Edition, part of "Bell's Indian and Colonial Library." Uncommon thus. Red ribbed cloth binding, ruled; with the title blindsta,ped to the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine;… Read more 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… Read more about this item

London: George Bell & Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine faded. 1/4" tear to cloth at head of spine. Some bruising to corners of boards. 1/2" knock and 1/8" chip to cloth at tail corner of front board. Underlining and marginalia in coloured pencil. Front free endpaper missing.; Colonial edition, "Bell's Indian… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1907. The "Magic Door" is Doyle's relation to books and authors he has read. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Red cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover, which features a gilt representation of a reader surrounded by books. Clean text; 272 pages, Index, and… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd, London, 1907. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. 16 publisher's advertisements (dated November, 1907) Red coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the book corners. Wearing to… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson, 1920 (500 gram rate) red cloth with light fade to spine, pencil inscription to fep dated 1920, Doyle muses on impact his early reading had on him with reference to particular titles, 253pp. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping.… Read more about this item

John Murray, 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1934. Uniform Edition. 274 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Rear endpaper is missing with heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and visible bumping to… Read more about this item

Book Jungle, 2008-03-27. Paperback. Good.

1st edition 1907. Smith Elder & Co - London. 0715354930. Doyles own story of his literary interestd & importance of literature in his life. 16 b&w illustrations (some by W.Russel Flint). Re-bound neatly in purple cloth, titled in gilt. A nice tight copy. Some foxing & a few page edges have tiny repairs (neatly). .

GB: Smith, Elder, 1907. Fairly clean tight text in fairly sound but very worn covers and with some internal library marks AND LACKING TWO PLATES 78 82) So just an adequate reading copy. SPINE REGLUED. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Poor/No DW.

London: Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1907.. First edition.. 274 pp w/index. Light scattered foxing, lean to spine, bookplate inside front cover. In all, very good plus in full red decorated cloth.

Akadine Press, 1999-06. Paperback. Good.

Book Jungle, 2008-03-27. Paperback. Used:Good.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. Second impression. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Board tips very lightly rubbed and spine sunned, ink name and date to flyleaf, offsetting to the endpapers, a few light pencil ticks to the margins of some pages and light foxing.

Akadine Press, The, 2000. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust… Read more about this item

John Murray. Used - Very Good. 1920. London: John Murray. Cloth, 12mo, vi and 274 pp, 16 illustrations. 1920 reprint of the 1912 2nd impression. Boards are lightly scuffed, with some rubbing at rear. Corners lightly bumped, and small indentation along outer edge of rear board. Abel Berland bookplate on front pastedown. Binding is generally sound, and pages… Read more about this item

, . Paperback. . Paperback. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Fine as new paperback.