First edition. Jacket designed by George Salter. One page lacking top corner, a few other pages with a diagonal slice through the first several lines of text (not obscuring the text), thus very good in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with a lightly toned spine, a few small chips and tears and modest edgewear. Inscribed by the author: ""To Bob with all good wishes Shirley Ann Grau"". Author's second book and first novel, set on a small, wind-swept island off the Louisiana coast. Winner of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel *The Keepers of the House*.