The Ship of Ishtar

Overview:

  • Title: The Ship of Ishtar
  • Author: A. Merritt
  • Year: 1951
  • Publisher: Avon
  • Price: $0.25
  • Pages: 220
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Ship of Ishtar
  • Notes:
    • 324 at top left in Avon Seal.
    • No edition, printing, printing date, or printing number line in book.
    • This is the 2nd Avon printing and the 1st using #324.(Reprints Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #34).
    • Copyright 1924 by the Frank A. Munsey Company. (Argosy All-Story Weekly Magazine). Copyright 1926 by A. Merritt. Avon reprint edition copyright 1945 by Avon Book Company; 1951 by Avon Publishing Co., Inc.
    • "Published by arrangement with Mrs. A. Merritt" on copyright page.
    • "Complete and Unabridged" on copyright page and front cover.
    • Cover artist not credited in book. Signature not found.
    • 324 on bottom spine.
    • Tuck lists 1951, and price of 25ยข. Price and Year used here.
    • Also from Tuck, "The Borden "Memorial Edition" was the first uncut printing since the original appearance in Argosy."