THE BLACK WHEEL by Merritt, a - 1947 first edition

[New York]: Avon [1981]. Good. 1981. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 038055822X . First edition thus. "On an innocent cruise, a clipper ship is sucked into the vortex of hell". Pictorial wrappers, 296 pages. Good copy [spine creased and cocked, cover creasing, some edgwear, cheap paper tanning]. .

[New York]: Avon [1981]. Very Good. 1981. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 038055822X . First edition thus. "On an innocent cruise, a clipper ship is sucked into the vortex of hell". Pictorial wrappers, 296 pages. VG copy [light creasing and light edgewear, cheap paper tanned]. .

Avon Books, 1981. vg+. vg+ 1st Avon 1981 edition paperback, In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Ny: New collectors' Group, 1947. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Soiled But Tight/None. Illus. by Hannes Bok. Oversized.

Avon, 1981. 1st printing. On an innocent Caribbean cruise, a clipper ship is struck by a hurricane. After three days of drifting with a dead radio transmitter, the survivors spot an island and anchor in a lush lagoon.. Paperback. near fine paperback,.

New Collectors Group, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Bok, Hannes. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, 1000 COPIES, NO DUST JACKET, TEXT UNMARKED, BLACK BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING

New York: New Collectors' Group 1st Edition 1947/1948, 1947 ----------large hardcover, 8-3/4 inches wide by 11 inches tall, in dust jacket. Chapters 1-7 are by Merritt, while Bok wrote chapters 8-27 following Merritt's death. The book is the first edition, priority B (Currey), with the book title on one line on the front board. A date of 1947 is indicated on the title page, while a 1948 date is indicated on the copyright page. There is NO cancel copyright sticker on the copyright page as is sometimes present. It is stated as Number 325 of 1000 First Edition copies. The book, in black boards with gold lettering to the front, has minor bumps to corners and spine extremities, and is at least VG+. The mylar-protected dust jacket is price-clipped, states the publisher as F.F.F. Publishers on the spine and back panel, and contains an advertisement on the back panel for a book, The Skylark of Space, published by F.F.F. in 1950. Thus, it appears unsold copies of The Black Wheel were… Read More

new collectors group, 1947 first edition. very good - fine one of 1,000, numbered, gold lettering worn off, bookplate

New York: New Collectors' Group, 1947. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Hannes Bok. 115pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a large gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are rubbed and bumped. The underlying boards are just beginning to peak through at the bottom corner of the front cover. The gilt stamped title on the front cover is heavily rubbed. Cancel copyright sticker affixed to the verso of the title page. The pages are mildly browned. No paper dust jacket. Number 667 of 1000 copies. L. W. Currey states that this fantasy by Merritt was completed by Hannes Bok. State A. Illustrated by Hannes Bok. He painted close to 150 covers for numerous science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines, as well as contributing hundreds of black and white interior illustrations.

New York: New Collectors' Group, 1947. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Hannes Bok. 115pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a large gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are bumped. The gilt stamped title on the front cover is very heavily rubbed. There are multiple tiny stains on the top and fore edge of the text block. Cancel copyright sticker affixed to the verso of the title page. The pages are mildly browned. No paper dust jacket. Number 46 of 1000 copies. L. W. Currey states that this fantasy by Merritt was completed by Hannes Bok. State A. Illustrated by Hannes Bok. He painted close to 150 covers for numerous science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines, as well as contributing hundreds of black and white interior illustrations.