Original pale green cloth with the spine slightly faded. Original paper labels on the spine and front board. No edgewear. and clean and tight inside with no prior owner marks. From the library of a fine collector who stored his dust jackets separately. Hence, a fine dust jacket. now protected by a clear mylar sleeve. Cather returns to her Nebraska roots with her notable prose in plain language about ordinary people. The publisher printed the dust jackets with a $2.50 price. Then he decided to sell the book for $2. (depression era prices). So all first edition copies are price clipped, as is this one.