THE WITCHING SHIP.; LIT by MORTON, Frederic - 1960

New York.: Random House., 1960. First edition. Stated 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket lightly soiled w/ top edge half-inch tear. Book volume tight, clean, save for a few splash spots, top page block.. David, Ismar (Jacket design by).. 1 Dark blue cloth and lighter blue paper over boards. 271p., 21 cm. Seagoing fiction set aboard the luxury liner, Holland's "Syngdam", heading toward New York. Passengers are a range of characters, all victims of World War II, and enjoying the high life at sea, till fears of German U-Boats riddle the atmosphere as Holland enters the war. They know that once in New York, for many, their lifestyles will center at tenements. Vienna-born author Frederic Morton left home as a young teen when the Nazi regime was increasing its power, and settled in New York via London.

Random House. 1st printing,1960. Good+/- hard cover. 12mo,boards,271pp. no dust jacket. shelfwear,rubbing,corners bumped,scuffing,slight spine cock,cover. tanning end pages & edges & gutters,clean,tight,text. fiction.

New York: Random House, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Stated first printing. Book is a little bumped at upper fore edge corners. Light bumping and wear to head and tail of spine. Pages are free of marks and binding is sound. Dust jacket has a just a bit of wear to extremities; light rubbing/soiling to surfaces; not price clipped; price on flap has been crossed through and an .49 written in ink next to it. DJ has been placed in an archival mylar sleeve. 271 pages. 5.5 x 8 inches. ''An eerie, intense and unpleasant fascination characterizes this story of an eight days' voyage of a luxury cruise ship--Dutch and presumably neutral--pressed into service early in the war as a transport ship for refugees, only to be caught in its final days, with the news that Rotterdam had been blasted from the sky. Those eight days are mirrored in a vacuum: on the side, the terrors of escaping Hitler's Europe, with shreds of dignity and hastily gathered portable possessions and… Read More

New York: Random House, (1960).. (1960).. Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY FREDERIC MORTON - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. There is a crease to the head of the spine. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are slightly darkened & soiled with light foxing to the top edges of its flaps. The head of its spine is slightly chipped. [iv], 271 & [2] pages. The gutters are slightly darkened. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed by the author on the front endpapera; "To Harvey and Syd[?] / with all good wishes / Fred Morton" with a New York City address and the date November 1959. The phrase "with all good wishes" and the NYC address may be in the recipient's hand.

New York: Random House, 1960. First printing. Hardcover. As New/very good. New York: Random House, 1960. First printing. As New/very good. Book in As New condition, dust jacket has small tears. <br/><br/>

Random House, New York, 1960, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photos of book emailed upon request

London: Secker and Warburg, 1960. Silver title on blue boards, spine faded, a Boots label to front but generally clean and unmarked. Internally darkened endpapers and some foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. A story of a passenger ship before the Second World War, it's interesting passengers and it's sinking later by a German submarine. A1C. First. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Random House, 1960-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Inscribed by Frederic Morton to actor and actress Sam and Betty Jaffe on the front end page. First Printing. Dust jacket clean with minor rubbing around spine ends and some slight fading on spine. Jacket price not clipped; jacket is in a clear protective sleeve. Book has a good binding, no marks or notations. HB HS

London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. Book. VG, Bump, Foxing, Browning. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. Drama of passengers aboard a ship in WW2, travelling from Europe to New York. Jacket by Robin Ray. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

1960. MORTON, Frederic. THE WITCHING SHIP. NY: Random House, [1960]. 8vo, cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Morton on front endpaper: "To Bob Rossen with all good wishes- Fred Morton. N.Y. February 1959." Rossen is a well-known author, film director and screenwriter. Very Good; some darkening d/j. $75.00.