Search Results: the eye and the finger by donald wandrei

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fifth book published by Arkham House; author's first book of fiction. One of 1,617 copies. Pages slightly age-toned at edges. Large tear on spine near rear gutter, small horizontal tear in center of DJ spine; DJ sunned with stains on front. ; 344 pages .

Arkham House, 1944. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Owner's name on fron flyleaf. Dust jacket worn and badly chipped.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, early Arkham House title. Near fine book in very good jacket due to the damp staining down one side of the spine panel. Hardly any other wear to speak of.

arkham, first edition . 1944, very good -fine book in an original jacket glued to a cardboard backing, the flies are trimmed, the jacket is slightly shorter than the book

Arkham House, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Covers shelfworn. Book plate inside front cover. Dust jacket worn, with pieces missing at the top and bottom of spine,

THE EYE AND THE FINGER, Arkham House, 1944, first edition, faint unobtrusive stain to an area of the t.p.e.'s, exceedingly slight wear to the head of the spine, else a smart, tight vg copy in like dust-wrapper save for some shallow chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine which is tanned. 1/1617 copies. The author and Arkham House co-publisher's first book of fiction.

1/1/1944. Hardcover w/DJ. Arkham House, 1944. 1st edition; dust jacket protected; black cloth; corners bumped; binding good; text clean. G/G

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 1617 copies printed. xiii, 344 pages; jacket by Howard Wandrei. Wandrei's first book of fiction and the fifth book published by Arkham House. Wandrei was a co-founder of Arkham House. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in a vibrant green "price clipped" jacket showing minimal wear and remant of tape repair at head and tail. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.

US: Arkham House Publishers, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Black cloth over boards with gilt particulars to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Scattered foxing throughout. Boards are clean and bright with light bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket has significant soiling and chipping to edges. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1944. First Edition. Jacket design by Howard Wandrei. i-xii, 344 pp. [2]. VG (corners to approximately 30 pp. lightly bent, light edgewear, a touch of fraying at crown of spine) in an attractive, VG or better unclipped dustjacket (typical fading to spine, moderate loss at spine ends and edgewear). Twenty-one tales, “a strange book of terrifying shock and heart-stopping shudder” (from dj flap), from the co-founder (with August Derleth) of Arkham House. This is the fifth book published by Arkham House, with a total of 1,617 copies printed.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.00), soiled at the spine, lightly rubbed at the edges. Black buckram, lightly rubbed, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, signature of science fiction author Chad Oliver on the front endpaper, clean internally. A collection of horror and weird tales by the co-founder of Arkham House.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1944. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); black boards with gilt on spine; dustjacket; 344pp.; gently pushed spine ends, minor corner bend; still Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00) with light edgewear; spine slightly toned; short closed tear to front panel; offsetting to DJ flaps, Near Fine. CURREY, p.508; JAFFERY, 5.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 344pp. Sharp First Edition. One of 1617 published, (Jaffrey p.17). Wandrei, founder of Arkham House with August Derleth, publishes his first book of collected stories. Square, tight and clean throughout with some bumping and light wear to the spine ends. Light toning to page edges. Small unobtrusive ownership stamp of noted Oklahoma Sci-Fi collector Hardin Ramey on the half-title page. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), by Wandrei himself, Has some chipping to spine ends and wear to tips. Hardley any of the toning so commonly found. Fresh and bright with no creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy of an early Arkham and one of the less common titles.

[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, 1944. First edition. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with mild rubbing at spine ends, touch of tanning and rubbing to spine panel, and very light water stain at bottom edge of rear panel. Nevertheless, the jacket presents well overall. (#169008) (29728). Octavo, cloth. 1617 copies printed. The author's first book of fiction. The fifth book published by Arkham House, written by it's cofounder. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-204. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1656. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-217.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House ( AH ), 1944, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1944. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hard cover, a solid Very Good+ example, a bit of rubbing to the lower edges of the boards with a wee bit of loss to black cloth, age toning to the outer edges of the text block --- in an attractive Good dust jacket with light wear, browning to the spine as often seen on this title, browning to endpapers, some browning to pages, ---SIGNED by the author on the front blank endpaper "Sincerely Donald Wandrei" ---contents include: Introduction; the Lady in Gray; the Eye and the Finger; the Painted Mirror; It Will Grow On You; the Tree-Men of M'Bwa; the Lives of Alfred Kramer; the Monster from Nowhere; the Witch-Makers; the Nerveless Man; Black Fog; the Blinding Shadows; A Scientist Divides; Earth Minus; Finality Unlimited; the Crystal Bullet; A Fragment of a Dream; the Woman at the Window; the Messengers; the Pursuers; the Red Brain; On the… Read More

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. black boards (Holliston Black Novelex) with gilt ltrs on spine, corners and head-heel of spine bumped, 344 yellowing pages on White Winnebago Eggshell paper, clean and tight. DJ is unclipped $3.00 with dark pictorial and black ltrs while nicked & chipped on corners and head-heel of spine. Horror short story collectiion. Artwork done by the younger brother of author.. 1st Printiing Thus. Hardcover. Good++/Good++. Illus. by Wandrei, Howard (cover art). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

[Sauk City]: Arkham House, 1944. First edition. Bookplate affixed to front paste down, a fine copy in a just about nearly fine dust jacket with some of the usual age darkening to spine panel but still retaining a green tone, a touch of shelf wear to the corner tips and spine ends. (28920). Octavo, cover illustration by Howard Wandrei, cloth. 1617 copies printed. The author's first book of fiction. A collection of stories which mostly first appeared in the pulp magazines. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-204. Barron (ed), The Guide to Supernatural Literature #1656.