The Haunting of Hill House
New York: Viking, 1959.
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Hardcover. First edition. Foxing to the cloth, else a near fine copy in a near very good dustwrapper with several modest tears, very small nicks, and some edgewear. Basis for the chilling Robert Wise film *The Haunting*, as well as the recent Jan de Bont remake with Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. An attractive copy – the first edition of this modern horror classic is increasingly scarce.
Item #79145
ISBN: 0670362611
Shirley Jackson
birth name: Shirley Hardie Jackson
born: 12/14/1916
died: 8/8/1965
Biography
American novelist and short-story writer known for her sublte psychological horror. Her much-anthologized story "The Lottery" caused a sensation when it was published in The New Yorker. Among her novels are The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.more