"The Lottery" in The New Yorker; June 26, 1948
New York: The New Yorker, 1948. Good. Item #48034
New York: The New Yorker, 1948. First Edition. Quarto, 29.5cm. Full-color paper wraps with cover illustration by Roger Duvoisin. Staple-bound. 68 pp. Cover rubbed with two closed tears and creasing on bottom edge; small chip to top right corner; edge wear. Upper wrapper very nearly separated. Gentle bend to the pages where the magazine was likely folded in half at some point and tucked into a jacket or bag. Pages inside clean and unmarked. Overall, Good condition.
Contains the first appearance of Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery." Now considered a classic, the story initially upset so many readers that The New Yorker received more complaint mail than ever before. Readers wrote in demanding to know what she meant by the story and some canceled their subscriptions. A tangible piece of New Yorker literary history.
Price: $550.00