A. Merritt — The Ship of Ishtar

London, Tom Stacey, 1973. Cloth. A fine copy of this evocative fantasy novel by A. Merritt, with illustrations. A first thus, published in this series which aims to 'make available again some of the best books by the best authors of our time [..] that have been unobtainable in recent years&apos.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Ship of Ishtar' depicts a modern archaeologist who must intervene in an eternal conflict between the deities Ishtar and Nergal, who both possess the bodies of their human priests. By A. Merritt, an American Sunday magazine editor and fantasy writer. He was one of the best-paid journalists of his era, and his fiction typically revolved around conventional pulp magazine themes: lost civilizations, hideous monsters, etc. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor signs of shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with minimal edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Virgil Finlay. Fine/Fine.