Recovered by the FBI
The Throne of Saturn
Publication: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1949. First Edition.
Notes: Science fiction short stories. The first American edition of The New Gods Awaken (London, 1932), with two added stories.
3,062 copies. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. viii, 187, [1] pages.
Joshi, Eighty Years of Arkham House, 42; Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, 39.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first and only printing). A fine, tight copy in a near fine, slightly faded, 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, including this one, which is accompanied by the original evidence tag.
Item No: #366162
Price: $85