Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953) — South Moon Under

New York & London Charles Scribner's Sons | Printed at the Scribner Press Early Printing pp. [1], 2-334. Small octavo. Publisher's original light-green cloth over boards, stamped in gilt, and lettered in teal in lovely period type to the front board and spine; deckled foredge, publisher's topstain. Fading to the gilt adornments, light bumping to spine ends and tips, spine very lightly sunned, manuscript ink name and date to the front pastedown else, contents without blemish; very good. An early edition, lacking the Scribner 'A' to the copyright leaf. ¶ The author's first novel published with the encouragement of legendary American editor, Maxwell Perkins. Set in the author's native Florida, it would be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.