NY, Farrar, Straus & Young, (1953). The first of the two well-received collections of family stories and reminiscences written by the author of such dark tales as The Lottery and The Haunting of Hill House. Inscribed by Jackson to her [husband's] aunt and uncle: "For Aunt Anna and Uncle Henry. With love - Shirley/ May 1953." Aunt Anna and Uncle Henry appear (or, rather, are announced as to be coming on Sunday) on page 222. Two reviews of the book, dated in June, have been laid in, causing offsetting to the front endpapers. Bump to upper outer front corner and some fading to the spine cloth; a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing to the joints and light edge wear. A good family association copy of a family memoir, by an acclaimed writer who was known to steer clear of the public eye and who therefore signed a relatively small number of books in her lifetime. She died in 1965, at the age of 48. [#030119] SOLD