The Ship of Ishtar

Author:		A. Merritt.
Publisher:		Borden Publishing Company, Los Angeles.
Illustrator:		Virgil Finlay.
Edition:		Memorial edition.
Binding:		Hardcover, cloth.
Publication date:		1949.
Number of pages:		309 pages.
original price:		$3.50.

Front of dust-jacket not by Virgil Finlay

Back-flap of dust-jacket biographical information

Back of dust-jacket F.J. Ackermans tribute

Inscription on front-endpaper

The cover illustration is by Cirlin. On the back of the dust jacket is a photo of Merritt and a short biographical tribute by Forrest J. Ackerman.

At least one copy of the book is signed by Virgil Finlay (see above). Virgil Finlay's inscription refers to the Forrest J. Ackermans tribute on the back cover to Merritt: "Abraham Merritt. The Lord of Fantasy".

The Ship of Ishtar contains 5 full page black and white drawings by Virgil Finlay.

40 Numbered copies of the book have an embossed circular publisher's stamp on the bottom of the title page.

Embossed Numbered Stamp on Title Page

Reference:

• Advertisement for The Ship of Ishtar.