[nice tight clean copy with no significant wear, vintage bookseller's label (Gardner's Book Shop, Stockton, California) on rear pastedown; jacket has a little wear at upper extremities]. Novel about a woman "and her artist husband, [who] face each other as lovers and as enemies." Set in the jungles of an unspecified Central American country, this was one of relatively few adult novels by this author (1893-1986), who was primarily known for her many books for children, including the Newbery Medal-winning "The Cat Who Went to Heaven."