Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan — Jacob's Ladder
Coral Gables, FL, University of Miami Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 118pp. Green cloth blind stamped to resemble an alligator skin on the front, lettered in black and white on the spine, top edge stained red. The story of a young couple and of their endless struggle for survival in the barren Florida of scrub pine and sour orange trees. Illustrations by Jessie Ayers. Cloth shows a hint of foxing on the spine panel, faint crease to the last two leaves. A bright near fine copy in very good dustjacket that retains the $2.75 cover price on front flap, has a couple of closed edge tears and light edge wear, and an old small tape mend and a bit of foxing on the inside. Uncommon. ; Octavo. .