The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
1915. First Edition Thus. 205 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Half title page states Uniform Edition. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Front free endpaper is missing. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Upper textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. pp29-48 have some notable marginal creasing. Faint pen marks to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor wear marks to boards. Tiny hole to upper front joint.