NMLP P-037786 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The House on the Borderland
William Hope Hodgson · Chapman & Hall, London · 1908
UK-only lifetime edition. The first US appearance is the Arkham House omnibus The House on the Borderland and Other Novels (Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1946; 3,014 copies; black cloth, gilt spine; Hannes Bok jacket, Arkham's first four-color jacket; introduction by H. C. Koenig) — itself a cornerstone collectible, but a first-thus trap if offered as a first edition of the novel alone.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037786 for "The House on the Borderland" by William Hope Hodgson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037786, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).