Wear to paper cover, clean pages, intact binding, black mark to underside. Please see all photos. This is a delightful long-read, a Gothic horror set within the well-researched historical setting of Princeton, New Jersey at the turn of the last century. Oates’ historical footnotes make for an entertaining and informative read, and you are bound to learn much about the unofficial U.S. history of the period in the process of being greatly entertained . A great read for the Halloween season.