{
  "full": "\n**HENRY JAMES. THE TURN OF THE SCREW; THE LESSON OF THE** **MASTER. 1930–1971. (ML 169)**  \n\n#### 189a. First printing (1930)  \n\n[within double rules] THE TURN | OF THE SCREW | [short rule] | THE LESSON OF THE MASTER | [rule] | BY | HENRY JAMES | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HEYWOOD BROUN | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [*2*], 1–211 [212]. [17]16  \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv] *Copyright,* 1891, 1898, *by* THE MACMILLAN CO. | [short double rule] | *Introduction Copyright,* 1930, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1930 | [short double rule]; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Heywood Broun. | New York, | *January,* 1930.; [x] blank; [*1*] part title: THE TURN OF THE SCREW; [*2*] blank; 1–134 text; [135] part title: THE LESSON OF THE MASTER; [136] blank; 137–211 text; [212] blank.  \n\n*Jacket A:* Pictorial in deep yellow green (118) and black on light grayish green paper with inset illustration of a chair by a window with gloves on the seat cushion, a vase encircled by a hand on the window ledge, and a man with outstretched hand peering through the window into the room; borders in deep yellow green, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (*Spring 1930*)  \n\n> Front flap: 
 For sheer terror, for the spectral power to fasten itself upon the imagination, stirring and tormenting it, *The Turn of the Screw* is the apotheosis of the macabre in literature. Without abatement, it arouses the senses and numbs them, clutches at the heart and makes it beat faster, while it unfolds one of the greatest ghost stories of all time. *The Lesson of the Master* portrays the inevitable penalties imposed on those who cherish a dream of perfection. It reveals Henry James as an incomparable story-teller and stylist. (*Fall 1933*)  \n\nOriginally published by the Macmillan Co., 1898 (*The Turn of the Screw*) and 1892 (*The Lesson of the Master*). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for January 1930. *WR* 8 March 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.  \n\nThe ML’s original intent was to publish *The Turn of the Screw* only, to print from Macmillan plates, and to pay a \\$1,000 advance against royalties of 8 cents a copy (H. C. Latham, Macmillan Co., to Klopfer, 26 November 1928). Cerf asked Willard Huntington Wright (S. S. Van Dine) to write an introduction, but Wright declined (“Dine” to Cerf, 25 March 1929).  \n\nFinal publication plans took shape in January 1930, when Macmillan granted permission to add *The Lesson of the Master* for an additional payment of \\$100 (Latham to ML, 10 January 1930). Broun’s introduction, dated January 1930, makes no reference to *The Lesson of the Master*. The ML also decided to reset both works. These changes delayed publication by a month or so. The royalty was renegotiated after both works entered the public domain. In the 1960s the ML was paying royalties of 2 cents a copy.  \n\n*The Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master* ranked in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943, just below *The Portrait of a Lady* (291). James’s sales improved significantly by the early 1950s. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 *The Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master* sold 3,734 copies, making it seventy-fourth of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML. James’s *Portrait of a Lady* sold 5,345 copies, placing it thirty-ninth.  \n\n#### 189b. Title page reset (c. 1940)  \n\nTHE TURN | OF THE SCREW | [diamond ornament] | THE LESSON OF | THE MASTER | [diamond ornament] | By Henry James | *Introduction by* HEYWOOD BROUN | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]  \n\nPagination and collation as 189a.  \n\nContents as 189a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1891, 1898, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.  \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination and collation as 189b. Contents as 189b except p. [iv] line 2: INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1957. (*Spring 1960 jacket*)  \n\n*Jacket B:* Non-pictorial in dark grayish brown (62) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel tilted on a diagonal axis; background in dark grayish brown with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 189a. (*Spring 1946*)  \n\n#### 189c. Title page reset; offset printing (1967)**  \n\nThe Turn | of the Screw | The Lesson of | the Master | by HENRY JAMES | Introduction by | Heywood Broun | [torchbearer J] | The Modern Library | New York  \n\nPagination and collation as 189a. Contents as 189b except: [iv] Copyright, 1891, 1898 by the Macmillan Company | Introduction Copyright, 1930 and renewed, 1957, | by The Modern Library, Inc.  \n\n*Jacket C:* Non-pictorial in light olive brown (94), strong red (12) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black and strong red on inset light olive brown panel with two rules and ampersand in reverse; background in white.  \n\n> Front flap: 
 *The Turn of the Screw* was first published in 1898 and has remained one of the most hauntingly ambiguous and variously interpreted works in literature. \n*The Lesson of the Master* discloses James’ constant concern with the nature of the artist.  \n\nBoth titles reveal Henry James as an incomparable storyteller and stylist.  \n\nAlso in the Modern Library  \nJames, *Daisy Miller; An International Episode* (1918–1934) 60  \nJames, *Portrait of a Lady* (1936–1973; 1983– ) 291  \nJames, *Wings of the Dove* (1946–1969) 389  \nJames, *Short Stories* (Giant, 1948–1970) G75  \nJames, *Washington Square* (1950–1970) 427  \nJames, *The Bostonians* (1956–1970) 480  \n\n",
  "id": "189",
  "year": "1930",
  "label": "HENRY JAMES. THE TURN OF THE SCREW; THE LESSON OF THE     MASTER. 1930–1971. (ML 169)",
  "author": "HENRY JAMES",
  "title": "THE TURN OF THE SCREW; THE LESSON OF THE     MASTER.",
  "date": "1930–1971.",
  "something": "ML 169",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "id": "189a",
      "title": "First printing (1930)  ",
      "full": "\n\n[within double rules] THE TURN | OF THE SCREW | [short rule] | THE LESSON OF THE MASTER | [rule] | BY | HENRY JAMES | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HEYWOOD BROUN | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [*2*], 1–211 [212]. [17]16  \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv] *Copyright,* 1891, 1898, *by* THE MACMILLAN CO. | [short double rule] | *Introduction Copyright,* 1930, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1930 | [short double rule]; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Heywood Broun. | New York, | *January,* 1930.; [x] blank; [*1*] part title: THE TURN OF THE SCREW; [*2*] blank; 1–134 text; [135] part title: THE LESSON OF THE MASTER; [136] blank; 137–211 text; [212] blank.  \n\n*Jacket A:* Pictorial in deep yellow green (118) and black on light grayish green paper with inset illustration of a chair by a window with gloves on the seat cushion, a vase encircled by a hand on the window ledge, and a man with outstretched hand peering through the window into the room; borders in deep yellow green, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (*Spring 1930*)  \n\n> Front flap: 
 For sheer terror, for the spectral power to fasten itself upon the imagination, stirring and tormenting it, *The Turn of the Screw* is the apotheosis of the macabre in literature. Without abatement, it arouses the senses and numbs them, clutches at the heart and makes it beat faster, while it unfolds one of the greatest ghost stories of all time. *The Lesson of the Master* portrays the inevitable penalties imposed on those who cherish a dream of perfection. It reveals Henry James as an incomparable story-teller and stylist. (*Fall 1933*)  \n\nOriginally published by the Macmillan Co., 1898 (*The Turn of the Screw*) and 1892 (*The Lesson of the Master*). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for January 1930. *WR* 8 March 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.  \n\nThe ML’s original intent was to publish *The Turn of the Screw* only, to print from Macmillan plates, and to pay a \\$1,000 advance against royalties of 8 cents a copy (H. C. Latham, Macmillan Co., to Klopfer, 26 November 1928). Cerf asked Willard Huntington Wright (S. S. Van Dine) to write an introduction, but Wright declined (“Dine” to Cerf, 25 March 1929).  \n\nFinal publication plans took shape in January 1930, when Macmillan granted permission to add *The Lesson of the Master* for an additional payment of \\$100 (Latham to ML, 10 January 1930). Broun’s introduction, dated January 1930, makes no reference to *The Lesson of the Master*. The ML also decided to reset both works. These changes delayed publication by a month or so. The royalty was renegotiated after both works entered the public domain. In the 1960s the ML was paying royalties of 2 cents a copy.  \n\n*The Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master* ranked in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943, just below *The Portrait of a Lady* (291). James’s sales improved significantly by the early 1950s. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 *The Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master* sold 3,734 copies, making it seventy-fourth of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML. James’s *Portrait of a Lady* sold 5,345 copies, placing it thirty-ninth.  \n\n"
    },
    {
      "id": "189b",
      "title": "Title page reset (c. 1940)  ",
      "full": "\n\nTHE TURN | OF THE SCREW | [diamond ornament] | THE LESSON OF | THE MASTER | [diamond ornament] | By Henry James | *Introduction by* HEYWOOD BROUN | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]  \n\nPagination and collation as 189a.  \n\nContents as 189a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1891, 1898, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.  \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination and collation as 189b. Contents as 189b except p. [iv] line 2: INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1957. (*Spring 1960 jacket*)  \n\n*Jacket B:* Non-pictorial in dark grayish brown (62) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel tilted on a diagonal axis; background in dark grayish brown with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 189a. (*Spring 1946*)  \n\n"
    },
    {
      "id": "189c",
      "title": "Title page reset; offset printing (1967)**  ",
      "full": "\n\nThe Turn | of the Screw | The Lesson of | the Master | by HENRY JAMES | Introduction by | Heywood Broun | [torchbearer J] | The Modern Library | New York  \n\nPagination and collation as 189a. Contents as 189b except: [iv] Copyright, 1891, 1898 by the Macmillan Company | Introduction Copyright, 1930 and renewed, 1957, | by The Modern Library, Inc.  \n\n*Jacket C:* Non-pictorial in light olive brown (94), strong red (12) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black and strong red on inset light olive brown panel with two rules and ampersand in reverse; background in white.  \n\n> Front flap: 
 *The Turn of the Screw* was first published in 1898 and has remained one of the most hauntingly ambiguous and variously interpreted works in literature. \n*The Lesson of the Master* discloses James’ constant concern with the nature of the artist.  \n\nBoth titles reveal Henry James as an incomparable storyteller and stylist.  \n\nAlso in the Modern Library  \nJames, *Daisy Miller; An International Episode* (1918–1934) 60  \nJames, *Portrait of a Lady* (1936–1973; 1983– ) 291  \nJames, *Wings of the Dove* (1946–1969) 389  \nJames, *Short Stories* (Giant, 1948–1970) G75  \nJames, *Washington Square* (1950–1970) 427  \nJames, *The Bostonians* (1956–1970) 480  \n\n"
    }
  ],
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}