The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

(San Francisco): Greenwood Press, 1955. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition by this publisher. Illustrated by Gordon Cook. Near fine in self-wraps with a tiny nick and a little light wear. One of 500 copies. Inscribed by the author to his second wife, June Mansfield, who was by all accounts the inspiration for much of his most important fiction: “For June – the only ‘imaginative’ story I’ve written. Henry 10/15/56.” A superb association. *Shifreen & Jackson* A66d.