The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda

Overview:

  • Title: The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda
  • Author: Hannes Bok, A. Merritt
  • Year: 1946
  • Publisher: New Collectors Group
  • Price: $5.00
  • Pages: 109
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda
  • Notes:
    • Merritt's unfinished novel "The Fox Woman" was completed by Bok, who wrote "The Blue Pagoda".
    • Per "The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History 1923-1998", Chalker & Owings, 3,000 copies were printed all with a limitation page stating the numbering of each copy out of 1,000.
    • The second state has a picture of a nude woman on page 19. Chalker and Owings assert 2,000 copies of this state.
    • Half, or more of the second state were numbered by the publisher. Some were left unnumbered, though numbers may have been later added by booksellers
    • Currey gives no priority to the states, and states that more than 1,000 were printed, but does not give an exact number.
    • First published together in this edition.