Published in London by Hamish Hamilton, 1983. First Edition, first printing, hardcover in dustjacket. Illustrations by John Lawrence.. Olive green cloth with gilt titles to the spine,
Susan Hill's gothic horror masterpiece about a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town has been adapted for both television and cinema. Its stage adaptation became the second longest-running play in the history of the West End.
Condition: sunned at the backstrip and along the edges of the covers, lightly toned block. Pushed at the tail but the corners are sharp and the book fairly tight and square. Free from owner names etc, a sound clean copy, VG. The dustjacket is price-clipped and rubbed at the corners. Slightly colour-faded at spine, a few little scrapes to the laminate along the top edge. VG dustjacket.
