We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson [1962 PAPERBACK]

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

VINTAGE PAPERBACK [1962] POPULAR LIBRARY 

Vintage popular library paperback printing w/ rare cover.  No printing date on copyright page [presumed early 70's]

Book is in very good reading condition.  Cover shows some visible wear to edges; as well as a scuffed spot toward top of front cover.  

Spine is clean and tight, text block is square and clean, pages are tanned but read beautifully.   3 pages mid-book have minuscule edge tears [see last photo] otherwise contents are perfect.  

Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods—until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.