JACKSON, Shirley

Hangsaman

First edition. Extremities of the boards a little worn, else near fine in near very good dustwrapper with a chip on the front panel, and lacking the top one inch of the spine (part of which is laid into the book). Author's third book, and second novel, and her first novel to deal with the darker regions of human nature and personality. Inscribed by the author to her in-laws, the parents of her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman: "For Lulu and Dad with all my love -- Shirley. April 1951." The recipients were, along with her own parents, the dedicatees of her book Life Among the Savages. Jackson was a bit of a recluse and books inscribed by her are uncommon, especially with any kind of association.

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