signed first edition
1944 · New York
by d'Aulaire, Ingri; d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1944. Fine in very good dust jacket.. Inscribed first edition, first printing, the story of a boy in Europe whose village is occupied during World War II, and his desire to help as an aspiring pilot. A little boy's idyllic life is interrupted by World War II, during which he faces occupation before escaping and becoming a war refugee in the United States, where he hopes to train as a pilot and deliver supplies to children who suffered as he did. Printed according to wartime restrictions on paper, this book is one of the hardest of the D'Aulaire publications to find in nice condition. It is especially scarce inscribed. 12'' (truncated)