The Lottery. The Adventures of James Harris
Author: Shirley Hardie Jackson (1916-1965)
Year: 1949
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Company
Place: New York
Description:
306 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with red lettering to spine in original first state jacket. First edition.
The Lottery is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. Jackson's original title for this collection was The Lottery or, The Adventures of James Harris. Characters named James Harris appear in the stories "The Daemon Lover", "Like Mother Used to Make", "Elizabeth" and "Of Course." Other characters with the surname Harris appear or are referenced in "The Villager", "The Renegade", "Flower Garden", "A Fine Old Firm" and "Seven Types of Ambiguity." The collection also contains a short excerpt from the traditional ballad "The Daemon Lover", in which the title character's name is James Harris.
Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, spine head rubbed with slight fraying, spine dulled, slightly cocked. Jacket edge wear with chips and tears, spine head chipped, lightly soiled, spine toned else good to very good in like jacket.
