The Haunting of Hill House [First Edition] by Shirley Jackson - 1959

The Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. First Edition. 246 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue and yellow cloth. Pages are lightly tanned with occasional speckles of foxing throughout. Some brown stained marking to page edges. Text is unaffected. Small pen inscription to front pastedown. Cracking to page 24 and 120 with some visible binding. Binding is shaky, however all pages remain attached. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is notably bowed and forward leaning. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Some brown water staining to front board and spine. Minor white marking to front board. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Moderate water staining, more visible to insides. Blue pen marking to rear. Dark rubbing overall.