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Jackson, Shirley.
THE LOTTERY: OR THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES HARRIS.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company,
1949. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First printing with the stylized "fs" on the copyright page.
The author's second book and first collection of short fiction. The title story has been made into a feature film twice and adapted numerous times for television. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1563-67. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-153. Reginald 07749. Some age tanning to the spine, a very good plus copy in a bright near fine first issue dust jacket with the correct printed price of $2.75 on the front flap, a touch of rubbing, soiling along fold lines.
[Book #13355]
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Jackson, Shirley.
THE SUNDIAL.
New York: Farrar, Strauss & Cudahy,
1958. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-156. Fine in just about fine dust jacket. two closed tears; upper front and rear panels, and a touch of rubbing to head and heel of spine panel, spine panel is also showing a little age darkening.
[Book #2089]
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Jackson, Shirley.
THE SUNDIAL.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy,
[1958]. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition.
Presentation copy with signed inscription by Jackson on front free end paper: "For Isabel Sherword - / Gratefully, / Shirley Jackson." THE SUNDIAL, "one of the most bizarre works in Jackson's oeuvre, seems to have been a prelude to WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE: the Halloran family becomes convinced that the rest of the world is going to end, and the narrative tone suggests that this belief might in fact be correct; the novel is occupied with the family's preparations to continue life after the rest of humanity has ceased to exist. Both these novels, as well as a number of short stories - especially the celebrated 'One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts' (1955) - display the misanthropy that is a central element of Jackson's work, and one which she conveys with consummate skill... All Jackson's work - with the exception, perhaps of THE BIRD'S NEST, a clumsy novel about multiple personality - is subtle, powerful and flawlessly written; it reveals Jackson's keen insight into human personality and human society and her cynical, even jaundiced view of the world and its occupants. She has left a legacy of complex, richly textured horror writing that requires little or no bloodletting for its haunting effectiveness." - S. T. Joshi, Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, p. 292. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-156. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-120. Winter list, p. 269. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of wear at tail of spine panel. A sharp copy. Books signed or inscribed by Jackson are uncommon.
[Book #10274]
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