Doyle, Arthur Conan — Through the Magic Door

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1907. First UK. Hardcover. 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. 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.