The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson 

First edition, Fifth printing.  New York:  The Viking Press, 1959 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition, with a VERY GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Turquoise cloth covers are mostly clean, with title in gray ink and quarter yellow cloth at spine. 
• Boards show some discoloration at edges, a small stain to bottom board, a little edgewear.  Corners are sharp.  See photos.  
• Spine has gray text and is bright with softened ends.
• Binding is strong, covers are upside down so that the front cover opens on the last page.  
• End papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear.
• Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• DJ looks great behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• Close examination of DJ reveals light edgewear including bumps, rubbing, chipped corners, and/or small closed tears.  See photos.  
• PS2025.1120

246 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches

First edition, the fifth printing, of this hard to come by novel of gothic horror.  Publisher's turquoise and yellow boards with gray ink title.  Illustrated dust jacket as issued.  Tightly bound, with unmarked text block.  Covers are bound on backwards.

The Haunting of Hill House has unnerved readers since its original publication in 1959.  A tale of subtle, psychological terror, it has earned its place as one of the significant haunted house stories of the ages.  Its author, Shirley Jackson (1916-1965), wrote six novels, two memoirs, and over 200 short stories over the course of two decades.  Jackson "wrote in two styles.  She could describe the delights and turmoils of ordinary domestic life with detached hilarity; and she could, with cryptic symbolism, write a tenebrous horror story in the Gothic mold in which abnormal behavior seemed perilously ordinary.  In either genre, she wrote with remarkable tautness and economy of style, and her choice of words and phrases was unerring in building a story's mood." (NY Times obituary)

First edition, as per the copyright page.  Fifth printing marked on DJ as well as the copyright page.

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