Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wandrei, Donald. THE WEB OF EASTER ISLAND. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1948.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Wandrei to A. Langley Searles on the front free endpaper: "For A. Langley Searles -- / Sincerely -- / Donald Wandrei / New York, N.Y. / Aug. 26, 1948." 3068 copies printed. "A Cthulhu Mythos novel in which an archaeologist is unlucky enough to find the key which will open a dimensional gateway for the monstrous titans which set in train the evolution of mankind. As with most of Wandrei's work, the novel deploys SF motifs as well as supernatural ones in the service of unrestrained melodrama; the result is saved from silliness only by its zest." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-158. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-205. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1657. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-219. Hint of tanning to endpapers, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. A nice association copy. (#132271)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The web of Easter Island. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wis., 1948.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 191 pages. Binding fresh, bumping to corners and to head and foot of spine; short presentation inscription from author at front free endpaper else contents fine and unmarked. The priced dust jacket ($3.00) is worn at upper forecorner of front panel and at head of rear hinge. 310 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Donald Wandrei. The Web of Easter Island (Signed). Arkham House, 1948.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Near perfect condition 1st edition of Donald Wandrei's book The Web of Easter Island. Stated Limited to 3000 this 1st edition is signed by Donald Wandrei and dedicated to John E. Carrol. The dust jacket is in fine condition with small tear at top center and also on top left on the front of dust jacket. Both tears are very small and are minor. The End Boards are black cloth and does not appear to have any shelf wear or damage. Signed on first blank page in blue ball point pen. Please email me with questions or if you need photographs.
Seller: Sturgis Antiques, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Web of Easter Island. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1948.
Price: US$184.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A square solid tight very carefully read copy if at all. Age toning to the edges of the text block, a corner dump. The 3.00 priced jacket has some light edge wear, light rubbing. 3000 copies. This copy has been inscribed Sincerely and signed Donald Wandrei. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. 3000 copies
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Donald Wandrei. THE WEB OF EASTER ISLAND (SIGNED). Arkham House, Wisconsin, 1948.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine hardcover copy in a fine jacket/brodart covered. First Edition. (SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A very nice copy. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are smooth and round. No tears, no chips to jacket.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Wandrei, Donald. The Web of Easter Island. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1948.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [9], 4-191, [3] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket by Audrey Johnson. Signed by Wandrei on the free front endpaper. Joshi 32. First published under a different title in 1932, this is a Cthulhu Mythos novel that according to Joshi "was appreciated (with some reservations) by Lovecraft". A sharp copy. Minor foxing to the top textblock; jacket with a small wrinkle to its front panel.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by Derleth on the front free endpaper. Referenced in Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Horror, 1657. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1987, 3-205. Small bumps to lower corners. Mild toning to the edges of the text block. Near fine in very good dust jacket with one inch tear at the head of the spine panel and mild fade along the spine panel.
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Donald Wandrei. The Web of Easter Island. Arkham House, WI, Sauk City, WI, 1948.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1948. First edition/First printing (3068 copies) Hardcover with DJ, 191 pp. This copy is SIGNED by on FFEP: "Sincerely, Donald Wandrei." A Cuthulh Mythos novel dedicated to Lovecraft, who praised it saying "poetically cosmic" and "one chapter of which is a masterpiece of underground horror." This copy is basically "as new" -- unread, tight, square, near-perfect unclipped DJ with very mild sunning on spine.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.