The Black Wheel (1947) Hannes Bok & A. Merritt

The seller states: THE BLACK WHEEL by A. MERRITT, completed and illustrated by HANNES BOK (1947, NY, New Collectors Group, Number 932 out of an edition limited to 1000 copies)- 1st edition. Black cloth boards. 115, 2 column pages of fine print, including 6 full page illustrations, counting the title page illo., by HANNES BOK. This is the final novel by the great fantasy writer ABRAHAM MERRITT. The illustrator, HANNES BOK finished the last nineteen chapters after MERRITT's death. There is a tipped in addundum on the back of the title page stating: "THE BLACK WHEEL Chapters I through VII Copyright 1948 by Mrs. E. H. Merritt / THE BLACK WHEEL Chapters VIII through XXVII Copyright 1948 by Hannes Bok". Condition VG+ (No Dust Jacket. Complete. Gilt has almost disappeared from embossed lettering on front cover. General edge and corner wear to cover. Top and bottom of spine bumped/slightly frayed. Some light cover soil. Paper is creamy colored. Inside clean and pretty tight.