Face In The Abyss by A. Merritt Avon Books (1957) Abraham Merritt's "The Face in the Abyss" first appeared as a short story in a 1923 issue of "Argosy" magazine. It would be another seven years before its sequel, "The Snake Mother," appeared in "Argosy," and yet another year before the book-length version combined these two tales, in 1931. It is easy to detect the book's provenance as two shorter stories, as the first third of the novel is pretty straightforward treasure-hunting fare, while the remainder of the book takes a sharp turn into lost-world fantasy, of the kind popularized by H. Rider Haggard and Edgar Rice Burroughs. The cover artist is not credited. . Overall Fair Condition, Poor Spine With Lean, Binding Fragile, Pages Look Good . . . #faceintheabyss #amerritt #paperbacksciencefiction #sciencefiction #fiction #instabooks #bookstagram #instabookstagram #paperback #bookcollector #bookstore #science #scifi #instabook #bookaddict #bookishlove #bookish #library #goldenage #fantasybooks #avon #scifiart #syfy #scifibooks #avonbooks #avonsciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CSZPu4mLRv9/?utm_medium=tumblr












