first edition
1960 · Cleveland
by BEMELMANS, Ludwig
Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; yellow cloth, with titling, decorations, and author's facsimile signature stamped in black on spine and front cover; reddish-brown topstain; dustjacket; 245,[9]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.95), with gentle sunning to spine and a small scratch to lower front joint. The story of a girl "who grows up in a world gone mad, the world of pre-war France and postwar Germany" (from front flap). (Inventory #: 39496)