Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep [Signed]

New York: The Viking Press, 1943. First Edition. Illustrated limited edition, with 400 copies intended for sale and 100 copies for private distribution, of which this is no.252 and signed by the author. Octavo (21cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on leather label on spine and pictorial decoration pasted to front cover; all edges stained light green; pictorial endpapers; 299pp; 4 colorful illustrations on glossy pages. Spine-tanned, with light rubbing to titling and board edges; Very Good. Lacking dustjacket. In publisher's pictorial slipcase with tape along board edges, split along crown of spine, 7" loss to spine panel, and (truncated) rubbing to spine and board edges; Good. Author of Madeline picture books creates this war-time novel with characters including a South American general as they navigate Casablanca, New York, and Ecuador. [84834]. (Inventory #: 84834)