Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 271 page, blue cloth covers with white lettering on spine. SIGNED BY BEST on the front fly leaf. Stated first printing. A novel set in upstate New York in the days of land grants and frontier hardship. And the story of a beautiful young woman so swaggering-proud of herself and uncertain of her desire to grow to womanhood. Minor shelf wear, clean copy.