Witch House
Publication: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1945. First Edition.
Notes: A haunted house novel that was reprinted by Centipede Press in 2014.
2949 copies. Cover art by Ronald Clyne.
Joshi, Eighty Years of Arkham House, 11; Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, 11.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first and only Arkham printing). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, mildly tanned at the spine. 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.
Item No: #366117
Price: $150