Posted: July 10, 2000 at 19:39:33: by Tom Young
I just acquired a copy of Lord of Thunder that's a bit odd.It's a discard from the NYC public library system -- edge-stamps, a pocket on ffep, and (sigh) glued dj flaps. Otherwise pretty fine, with scarely a hint of shelfware, no stamps or other marks aside from the edge-stamping, and an unclipped and unstickered dj. It's literally an uncirculated copy. And I think I see why... From the half-title page through p.32, it's an entirely different book. North to Freedom by Anne Holm, translated from the Danish by L.W. Kingsland; c.1963, 1965, B.11.65 on the copyright page. On p.33, it picks up in the middle of chapter three of LoT with: '"I don't know." "The Zamle clan were in the First Finger [...]".' And seems to run normally from there on out. Has anyone ever seen this before? Do folks care about this sort of thing? Not too sure what to do with this. It will be a handsome enough piece on my shelf. But can I really view myself as now owning a hardcover of Lord of Thunder (grin)?
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