As a kid I had a book about aliens. It was a pseudo-encyclopedia of sorts with different kinds of articles and chapters about extraterrestrials. I was so young at the time, I don't remember a great deal about the text, but many of the pictures were quite striking. My dad got it for me and we loved it, though my mother was not so keen on some of the gore. As I remember, there was a disembodied eye on the cover and one image inside the book was of a hand holding several eyeballs.
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1Did the bookcover show a steel door with a hole being melted in the center, with a tentacle coming through the hole and a single eye peering through?– Winchell ChungCommented Apr 22, 2019 at 20:17
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Alien World: The Complete Illustrated Guide by Steven Eisler
This was an art book of sci-fi aliens illustrated by various authors, with lurid descriptions invented by Mr. Eisler.
Disembodied eye on the cover:
Hand holding several eyeballs:
answered Apr 22, 2019 at 23:36
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1How about this: terrantradeauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/… (Found here: terrantradeauthority.com/other-books/…)– DavidWCommented Apr 22, 2019 at 23:53
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Confirmed, that's the handful of eyeballs I remember. Nice catch! Commented Apr 23, 2019 at 1:19
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1THAT'S THE ONE!!! Wow, for some twenty years my Google Fu has failed me! But, I figured if just one person could remember some of those images . . . Thanks so much. I'll have to see if I can find this somewhere, now that I have the title. : )) Commented Apr 23, 2019 at 3:54
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The likeliest answer is "Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials".
I can't vouch for the hand holding the eyeballs but maybe that was a different cover.
https://www.amazon.com/Barlowes-Guide-Extraterrestrials-Science-Literature/dp/0894803247
answered Apr 22, 2019 at 3:54
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