Through the Magic Door

Garden City and New York: Doubleday Page & Company, 1925 Reprint.(First appearing in Cassell's Magazine, Nov. 1906-Oct. 1907.) Hard cover, 12mo., in full red lambskin over boards, with central Doubleday Page monogram title vignette blocked in gold to front, with festoon and title in gold to spine, brown and white publisher's monogram paste downs, an introduction from the Author extolling the virtues of the readily available "cheap editions" of the classics of literature, 276 pp. including handy author's Index, plus 2 pp. publisher's series advertisement. **CONDITION: Slightly rubbed rear board, some scuffs to spine. Inside is clean, firm and hinges in order. Orig. owner's signature to prelim, dated Oct. 1926. **Famed Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Conan Doyle's 1907 essay on the benefits to be gained from reading, giving advice on what he considers the best of the best from history and literature, and why the young person should pursue the pleasures of a good book. He discusses his own library, some favorites amongst which include Macaulay's Essays and Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. A spirited and inspirational read for the bibliophile on the hunt for the next old book to delve into. Watson 1047.. Lambskin Library Edition No. 46. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.