- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: MANOR COLLECTABLES, WOODHALL SPA, LINCS, United KingdomMANOR COLLECTABLES
AbeBooks seller since November 13, 2020
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 1,282.50
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Direct from Michael Gilbert's private library in Kent comes this scarce first edition of The Doors Open. The author's personal in which he has written "copy amended for misprints", it bears his distinctive green & white library label adhered to the front pastedown.There are several pages which contain Michael Gilbert's corrections in blue ink.For example, page 10, line 2 contains "Incorporated Accountants" which the author has corrected as "Chartered Accountants". I imagine that subsequent printings of this book will contain these alterations. Acquired directly from the Gilbert Family after the author's death in 2006. Top edges rather dusty, fore edges and several pages of text spotted. Blue cloth marked in several places. The startling Bip Pares dustwrapper is chipped at the foot of the spine and 1" loss at the head, taking "THE" and the second "O" from the title. Notwithstanding this, what we have here is the author's own working copy of his third novel with his corrections. It's a valuable and a unique rarity and certain to be of interest to Michael Gilbert collectors.…
Seller Inventory # 004048
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Doors Open
- Author
- GILBERT, Michael
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, London
- Publication year
- 1949
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Bip Pares
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Crime / Adventure, Fiction, Literature
MANOR COLLECTABLES
WOODHALL SPA, LINCS, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since November 13, 2020
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 20.00 | £ 30.00 |
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Store description
Manor Collectables is based in a private Lincolnshire Manor House. It is owned and run by Richard Platt who has been buying and selling rare books for over forty years. Between 2003 and 2014, he was the proprietor of a award-winning bookshop in London. On offer is a small eclectic mixture of fiction and non-fiction items from the owner's private collection. Most books are first editions, many of which are unique and all listings are accompanied by high quality digital images.
Specialty
Mainly first editions in hardback of rare and collectable fiction and non-fictionSeller's business information
MANOR COLLECTABLES
United Kingdom
Terms of sale
Manor Collectables,
Woodhall Spa Manor, Manor Estate, Woodhall Spa, Lincs. LN10 6PY, United Kingdom.
Proprietor: Richard Platt
Tel: 01526 352267
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