VG - VG+ / VG. 1939 Harpers, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. You may not think of this as a rare title due to a fair number of reprint copies floating around which use the same cover design. However, true first editions are not that common. White was active as a published writer from 1927 until her death in 1944. ‘Step In The Dark’ came out in 1939, which might be looked upon as towards the tail-end of her career - though she wrote and published five novels after this one. Her best known works were published in the mid-1930’s (‘Some Must Watch’ and ‘The Wheel Spins’).