The shop, which later had two locations (the second in Northridge), was billed in its early advertisements as 'the Valley's first and only major book store' - the many others, presumably, being merely minor book stores.

Exodus Books (later Exodus Books & Records) was a bookshop owned and operated by Leon Uris himself, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, from 1960 until about 1967. For those who have visited the land of 'Exodus,' or for those who would like to, is intended as a permanent record of a courageous people and the new nation they are building.' This copy bears an embossed stamp beneath the author's inscription, which reads: 'Exodus Books / Sherman Oaks, California / Limited Edition,' with the number (121B) handwritten. Tourist guides in the Holy Land have been besieged by questions about places mentioned in 'Exodus,' and Israeli tourist officials are unanimously agreed that the novel is responsible for a large part of the increasing tourist trade in their country. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: 'For Joan / Shalom / Leon Uris.' (See note at end about the provenance of this copy.) 'Every reader of 'Exodus' will welcome this opportunity to accompany Leon Uris on his return to the scenes of his best-selling novel. Illustrated by (photographs) Dimitrios Harissiadis (illustrator).

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