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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 .
The Eye and the Finger by Wandrei, Donald
by Wandrei, Donald
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Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. Hardcover. 8vo (7.5" x 5.5"), green and black decorative paper covers in mylar sleeves, full black cloth with gilt-title at spine. xiii, 344 pp.
First edition. One of 1,617 copies. Donald A. Wandrei (1908-1987) was a prolific American science fiction and fantasy writer with a penchant for the cosmic. The present work collects his fantasy, horror, and science fiction short stories. The dust jacket illustration is by his brother Howard Wandrei, who was also a science fiction writer. Among the stories included are "The Tree-Men of M'Bwa," "The Blinding Shadows," "The Scientist Divides," "Earth Minus," "Finality Unlimited," "The Red Brain," and "On the Threshold of Eternity." Also included is one of his more traditional fantasies (appearing in Esquire, 1937), "The Painted Mirror." The latter was adapted for television in Rod Serling's Night Gallery (1971-73). Derleth's other short fiction collection is Strange Harvest (1965), which also features a cover by his brother.
Wandrei and August Derleth founded Arkham House in 1939, initially to publish the work of H. P. Lovecraft. This was the first of Wondrei's books published by the firm. These stories previously appeared in Weird Tales, Esquire, Argosy, Astounding Stories and other magazines. While Wandrei left Arkham House after WWII, he briefly returned to the company after Derleth's death in 1971, and later was involved in acrimonious litigation with the firm's new proprietors. In 1984, he was awarded a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, but declined it.
REFERENCES: Barron 3-204; Clute, John, John Grant, editors. "Donald A. Wandrei," Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) at sf-encyclopedia.uk; Herron, Don. "'The Red Brain': A Study in Absolute Doom," Studies in Weird Fiction 2 (Summer 1987), p. 32.
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Arkham House, 1944. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Owner's name on fron flyleaf. Dust jacket worn and badly chipped.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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1/1/1944. Hardcover w/DJ. Arkham House, 1944. 1st edition; dust jacket protected; black cloth; corners bumped; binding good; text clean. G/G
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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.
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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.
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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.
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