THE SHIP OF ISHTAR by Merritt, A[braham] - 1926

New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition. Name in pencil to front paste down, flaking to color of lettering on front cover and lettering color perished on spine, clean contents, a good to very good copy. (22985). Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi 1 [2] 3-326 [327-328: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], original red-brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. This book is found in a number of variant bindings with no priority. "...found him at the peak of his powers. It is the most fully realized of all his fantasies." - Cawthorn & Moorcock: Fantasy: The 100 Best Books #36. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-42. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 130-31. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-246. Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, pp. 838-39. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 559. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 156. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 746. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1407-11. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 140. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 138. Reginald 10070. Currey, p. 365 (binding C).