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The Turn of the Screw, Henry James, Illustrated by Mariette Lydis, Published by Heritage Press. New York, (1949)

Quarto (10 1/4" x 6 3/4"), Green decorative cloth with gold lettering and spiral embellishments, illustrated with frontispiece and 11 plates by Mariette Lydis, 145 pages. Sturdy cardboard gray slipcase. Sandglass brochure [4pp] laid in. Weight: 1 lbs. 10 oz. SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, clean, with bright unfoxed plates. Henry James, OM (1843 - 1916) was an American-turned-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format He is best known for a number of novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between emigre Americans, English people, and continental Europeans. James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912 and 1916. First Edition Thus [reprint of Limited Editions Club edition]. The Heritage Press, New York, 1949. Decorative cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase: Near Fine. Mariette Lydis (illustrator).