Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wandrei, Donald. The Eye And The Finger. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: black binding
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Donald Wandrei. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Owner's name on fron flyleaf. Dust jacket worn and badly chipped.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Arkham House January 1944 Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1944.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$179.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, 1944. Limited to 1/1617 copies. Clean and tightly bound in black cloth. This Arkham title was the first appearance of Frank Utpatel's classic "haunted house" logo on the title page. Slight smudging, small bump at spine base and several very faint stains to fore edge, still Very Good. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper and "Woodworth's Bookstore" stamp affixed to the inside of the back board, otherwise contents are clean. The dust jacket art was designed by the author's brother Howard Wandrei. The dj has faded from original blue to tan (except at flaps), the spine is missing 3" at the base, some overall edge wear and old tape on reverse side, Good only.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Donald Wandrei. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Covers shelfworn. Book plate inside front cover. Dust jacket worn, with pieces missing at the top and bottom of spine,
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Eye and the Finger by Donald Wandrei (First Edition) A firm square copy. Bright cloth and gilt, some spots of toning to outer edges. Sunned jacket. Original $3.00 price intact. Clear protective cover. First Edition. No statement of printing or edition. Reportedly 1617 copies printed. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. $3.00 price on jacket flap. 344 pages. One of the rarest Arkham House titles.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. THE EYE AND THE FINGER. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$226.20 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1944.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1944.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. THE EYE AND THE FINGER. Arkham House Publishers, US, 1944.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Crow Hop Rare Books, Kennesaw, GA, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. THE EYE AND THE FINGER. Arkham House, [Sauk City, Wisconsin], 1944.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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. Small embossed stamp of early owner at the upper right corner of the front free endpaper. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a spine panel that is quite tanned and some tanning to top edges, but is otherwise fine. (#162696)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
WANDREI, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1944.
Price: US$357.50 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$449.95 + shipping
Description: ------------( 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 Threshold of Eternity, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.25w x 7.5h Inches
Seller: Leonard Shoup, BURLINGTON, ON, Canada
Wandrei, Donald. THE EYE AND THE FINGER. Arkham House, [Sauk City, Wisconsin], 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 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. 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)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. THE EYE AND THE FINGER. Arkham House, [Sauk City, Wisconsin], 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing to spine panel. A very nice copy. (#141513)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. THE EYE AND THE FINGER. Arkham House, [Sauk City, Wisconsin], 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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. 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)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Donald Wandrei. The Eye and the Finger. Arkam House, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$520.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1944. First Edition/Printing black cloth Hardcover with DJ, xiii + 344 pp. The fifth Arkham House book; limited to 1617 copies. SIGNED "Sincerely, Donald Wandrei" by the co-founder of Arkham House on the ffep. Wandrei selected his best 21 eerie stories (horror, fantasy, SF) for this, his first fiction book. The price-clipped DJ is Brodart-protected. Very good to good DJ has mild patchy rubbing and toning to spine; 2 small chips missing: at top corner of DJ back (1/4"); and a narrow 1/8" strip at top of spine. Book has my name-stamp on front pastedown (beneath DJ flap) but otherwise a solid, unmarked, very good to near fine copy. Purchased from Richard Miller (San Diego, CA) in March, 1982.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. THE EYE AND THE FINGER. Arkham House, [Sauk City], 1944.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: 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. 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)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.