[ARKHAM HOUSE]. A group of 6 early titles, including:
WANDREI, Donald. The Eye and the Finger. 1944. Penciled notation on ffep: “And the darkness falls, Boris Karloff”. Jaffery 5. –– WHITEHEAD, Henry S. Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales. 1944. Jaffery 6. –– WHITEHEAD, Henry S. West India Lights. 1946. Jaffery 20. –– BLACKWOOD, Algernon. The Doll and One Other. 1946. Jaffery 17. –– COPPARD, A.E. Fearful Pleasures. 1946. Jaffery 21. ––WANDREI, Donald. The Web of Easter Island. 1948. Jaffery 32.
Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all 8vo, all published in Sauk City, Wisconsin by Arkham House, all in original cloth bindings and dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally near fine.
Provenance: Richard Manney (book labels in each volume), one of the most famous book collectors of the 20th century who was known for the best examples on the market. A selection of his library was sold at Sotheby’s in 1991, amassing a total of over $3.9m which was the first multimillion–dollar library assembled in the 1980s to come up for auction.