First edition, first printing. 340pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Maroon endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, price unclipped. 8vo. Novel set in the final months of World War 2 in which a young American serviceman finds an exquisite painting in what remains of the museum vaults in the German town of Lohenfelde.