First Edition, First Printing. The first appearance of The Turn of the Screw now housed in a recent dark blue morocco binding, with boxed gilt lining to both boards, five raised bands to the spine, gilt lines, design and lettering to each band and all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and original covers bound to rear. A very smart copy in near fine condition. Internally with clean and fresh pages, all bar a touch of browning to edges and a couple of pages with corner creases. 310pp, 32 pages of ads. 'Whether viewed as a subtle, self-conscious exploration of the haunted house of Victorian culture, filled with echoes of sexual and social unease, or simply as "the most hopelessly evil story we have ever read," The Turn of the Screw is probably the most famous of ghostly tales and certainly the most eerily equivocal'.