The Magic Finger
| First published | 1966 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Chapbook |
| Cover art | William Pène du Bois |
| Pages | 40 |
| Price | $2.50 |
- First edition anywhere --from multiple later WorldCat records, e.g. {{OCLC|59152594}}
- Publication date 1966-08-17 from contemporary starred review by Kirkus (posted 2011 with later cover image, ISBN, page-count) (positive; see the shortfiction record)
- Price from newspaper reviews, earliest NY Times 1966-09-04 p198 (as 41 pp)
- Prices $2.50 and $2.57 for the trade and HarperCrest library editions, from listing in "Harper Books for Girls and Boys Fall 1966" NY Times 1966-11-06 p393
- As of 2018-09-10, Amazon.com ({{ASIN|B002773OHU}}) provides a poor quality cover image as "Hardcover – 1966"; "Harper & Row; 27th Edition edition (1966)".
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
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| The Magic Finger | Roald Dahl | Short Fiction |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| The Magic Finger | 1968 | George Allen & Unwin | Hardcover | Chapbook | William Pène du Bois | 40 | ||
| The Magic Finger | 1974 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Pat Marriott | 64 | ||
| The Magic Finger | 1983 | Harper Trophy | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | William Pène du Bois | 48 | ||
| The Magic Finger | 1989 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Tony Ross | 63 | ||
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1989 | Unwin Hyman | Hardcover | Chapbook | Tony Ross | 64 | |
| The Magic Finger | 1991 | Collins | Hardcover | Chapbook | Tony Ross | 64 | ||
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1993 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Tony Ross | 63 | |
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1995 | Viking | Hardcover | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 62 | |
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1997 | Puffin / Penguin Books (US) | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 62 | |
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1998 | Puffin / Penguin Books (US) | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 63 | |
| The Magic Finger | 2007 | Galaxy | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | ||||
| The Magic Finger | 2008 | Paw Prints | Hardcover | Chapbook | 64 | |||
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2008 | Puffin | eBook | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | ||
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2008 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 80 | |
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2008 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | 80 | ||
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2009 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 64 | |
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2010 | Perfection Learning | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 62 | |
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2013 | Puffin | Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 80 | |
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2013 | Puffin | eBook | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | ||
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2014 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 64 | |
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2016 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 80 | |
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2016 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | 64 | |
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2016 | Puffin | eBook | Chapbook | Quentin Blake | ||
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2022 | Puffin | Trade Paperback | Chapbook | 80 | ||
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2023 | Listening Library | digital audio download | Chapbook |