Born to Exile
Publication: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1978. First Edition.
Notes: A fantasy novel built around the idea of teleportation. The author's first book.
4148 copies. Jacket art by Stephen Fabian.
Joshi, Eighty Years of Arkham House, 146; Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, 153.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first and only Arkham printing). A fine, tight copy in a fine dust jacket. With the Lovecraft-inspired letterpress bookplate of the James Strand estate on the front pastedown.
This copy came from the important Arkham House collection assembled by James Strand of Portland, Oregon. After his death, in August 2023, his house was looted and most of his books were stolen. Some were subsequently recovered by the FBI. This book was among those not taken by thieves.
ISBN: 0870540823
Item No: #248317
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