Lot #8: Vintage 1965 Latvian Diaspora Novel: "Mīlas lemti likteņi" by Arnis – Tilta Apgāds

For sale is a beautiful, well-preserved hardcover edition of the Latvian novel "Mīlas lemti likteņi" (Destined for Love) by the author Arnis (Ernests Arnis, 1888–1943). This edition was published in 1965 by the notable exile publishing house Tilta apgāds. The book features a striking cherry-red cloth binding with an elegant, traditional gold-stamped pattern decorating the spine, and a minimalist abstract gilt emblem on the front cover. • Language: Latvian • Format: Hardcover • Pages: 144 pages • Publisher: Tilta apgāds (Hugo Skrastiņš), Minneapolis, USA • Year: 1965 Founded by Hugo Skrastiņš, Tilta apgāds (associated with the prominent exile magazine "Tilts") operated primarily out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, after migrating from post-WWII refugee camps in Germany. Displaced Latvian publishers worked passionately to keep Latvian culture, language, and memory alive for thousands of families fleeing Soviet occupation. The Author (Ernests Arnis, 1888–1943): This 1965 print is a posthumous diaspora reissue of a novel originally published in Riga, Latvia, in 1929. Re-printing pre-occupation literature was a common practice for exile communities to prevent their cultural legacy from being lost or censored behind the Iron Curtain. • The Language Value: Books written in Latvian and published in the West during the Cold War era were printed in very limited numbers solely for the global diaspora network. They are vital artifacts of mid-century Baltic immigration history. Pickup category timeslot {A}